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Yash Chitneni

Background​

  • AI educator, tech creator, and entrepreneur based in Austin, Texas
  • Chief Executive Officer of Seren Pods, leveraging podcasting to help clients connect with audiences using AI-driven systems
  • Host of "The Serendipity Chronicles" podcast exploring creation of serendipity in life and business
  • Runs men's group "Men in the Arena" focused on physical challenges and community service
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Professional Experience​

  • Seren Pods: CEO - podcasting company using AI to help clients scale their businesses
  • FlightVision UAV: Partner in Technology & Product
  • Accenture: Testing Lead/Project Manager and User Experience Engineer
  • Fidelity Investments: Associate Software Engineer

Expertise & Interests​

  • AI-first content creation and writing
  • Podcasting and audio content production
  • Systems thinking and product development
  • Community building and men's leadership
  • Creating serendipity through intentional actions
  • "Reverse learning" - using AI to skip steps then coming back to fundamentals

Philosophy & Approach​

  • Creating Serendipity: Believes in actively creating serendipity through following curiosity and staying ready for transformative moments
  • Win-Win Content Strategy: Focuses on sharing knowledge and highlighting others to create mutual benefit
  • Surface Area Expansion: Consciously expands the surface area of serendipity through consistent, thoughtful content creation
  • "Doors and Windows" Metaphor: Views life opportunities as doors that must be opened to see windows of opportunity beyond

Current Projects & Initiatives​

  • Gauntlet AI Cohort 2: Currently participating in intensive 10-week AI engineering program
  • Career Transition: Evaluating opportunities between Alpha Schools/Super Builders and Capital Factory lead AI solutions engineer role
  • Creator Infrastructure Development: Building systems and pipelines to help others become content creators using automated podcast studio experience
  • Blog Post Development: Working on "doors and windows" concept about timing and opportunities
  • Social Media Growth: Building audience by documenting learning journey and highlighting fellow participants
  • Daily Insight Sharing: Framework of reflecting on daily challenges and discoveries to share with others

Connection Points​

  • Participated in Gary Sheng's AI writing workshop at Gauntlet AI office on July 12, 2025
  • Part of Gauntlet AI Cohort 2 community in Austin
  • Interest in AI-first content creation and scaling knowledge sharing
  • Alignment with movement-building and community-focused approaches

Interactions​

  • 2025-07-12: Participated in Gary Sheng's workshop on "Supercharging Your Writing with AI" at Gauntlet AI office. Served as primary demonstration subject for AI-assisted writing process using Cursor and voice transcription. Discussed developing blog post about Olympic National Park "hole in the wall" metaphor for windows of opportunity. Demonstrated strong grasp of serendipity creation, audience building, and win-win content strategy. Gary noted Yash's positioning as key account to follow for insights on Gauntlet experience and AI learning journey. Showed openness to helping other cohort members with content creation process.

  • 2025-08-21: Extended career guidance phone conversation with Gary about choosing between Alpha Schools/Super Builders role and Capital Factory lead AI solutions engineer position. Gary provided comprehensive critique of Alpha Schools' organizational dysfunction, internal politics, and leadership issues while strongly advocating for Capital Factory opportunity. Discussed movement building philosophy, personal branding strategy, and positioning in Austin tech ecosystem. Gary emphasized Capital Factory's network value and potential for public-facing community building role. Yash shared his vision for creator infrastructure development and automated podcast studio systems. Conversation revealed shared "archetype" as movement builders with complementary skills in media, technology, and community building. Planned Saturday sauna session for continued strategic discussion and ongoing "media fellowship" collaboration.

Skills & Languages​

  • Multilingual: English, Hindi, Telugu, elementary Spanish
  • Software engineering and product development
  • Content creation and storytelling
  • Community building and event hosting
  • Walking pad enthusiast (offers it to others for thinking/talking sessions)

Notes​

  • Uses voice transcription extensively for content creation
  • Runs walking pad at desk for brainstorming sessions
  • Positioning himself as connector and highlighter of others in Gauntlet community
  • Strong believer in timing and being ready when opportunities appear
  • Never had active social media presence before Gauntlet forced requirement, now seeing it as voice amplification tool

Transcripts​

Transcript IDDateSummary
2025-07-12-gary-sheng-yash-chitneni-ai-writing-workshop-gauntlet-transcript-summary2025-07-12AI writing workshop demonstration covering serendipity creation, voice-to-AI workflows, and community building strategy
2025-08-21-gary-sheng-yash-chitneni-career-guidance-alpha-schools-critique2025-08-21Strategic career guidance on choosing between Alpha Schools and Capital Factory opportunities