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VINPATEL · INSIGHTS LIBRARY

Insights

Deep thinking on AI, technology, open source, and building products — by Vin Patel

8 reports · Long-form thinking on AI & the next decade
VOLUME I

The Age of AI

How It Started, Where We Are, and What the Next Decade Will Demand

Three years ago, intelligence began behaving like electricity. This is what happened, where we are, and what the next decade will require.

Vin Patel · April 2026 · AI · Future · Strategy
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VOLUME II

Why AI Agents Will Kill 80 Percent of SaaS by 2028

The $195 billion SaaS industry is about to face its Blockbuster moment. AI agents that handle entire workflows are replacing point solutions — and most CEOs are sleepwalking into it.

Vin Patel · March 2026 · AI · Technology
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VOLUME III

Digitizing India's Ancient Wisdom

A Pipeline for 5,000 Years of Philosophy

India holds the largest corpus of ancient philosophical literature on Earth. We built a pipeline to make it searchable, multi-tradition, and actionable. The Bhagavad Gita was the proof of concept. The vision is every ancient text — with support from the Archaeological Survey of India and the Government of India.

Vin Patel · March 2026 · AI · Sanskrit · Philosophy
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VOLUME IV

The Solo Founder Sales & Marketing Atlas

How 1–5 Person Teams Sell Like 100-Person Companies

Tally.so: 5 people, $3M ARR. No sales team. Pieter Levels: 0 employees, $3.2M ARR. No marketing budget. This is the playbook they didn't publish.

Vin Patel · February 2026 · AI · Founders · Sales
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VOLUME V

The Solo Founder Revenue Atlas

How 1–5 Person AI Companies Are Outearning 500-Person Teams

Midjourney: 40 people, $500M revenue, $0 raised. BuiltWith: 1 employee, $14M ARR. This isn't luck. It's a repeatable system. Here's the full atlas.

Vin Patel · February 2026 · AI · Founders · Revenue
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VOLUME VI

The Autonomous Stack

Building End-to-End Products in Full Agentic Mode

AI agents aren't just writing code anymore. They're running specs, spinning up infra, shipping PRs, and monitoring production. Here's the data, the tools, and the new rules of building.

Vin Patel · February 2026 · AI · Agentic · SDLC
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VOLUME VII

The AI Creative Revolution

Image & Video Generators Have Crossed the Threshold

Image generators have crossed from 'impressive party trick' to 'production-ready tool' in under 3 years. Video generators are 18 months behind on that same curve. Here's what that means for your business.

Vin Patel · January 2025 · AI · GenerativeAI · VideoAI
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VOLUME VIII

The Article That Started Everything

Setting Up DNS Servers (2001)

My first published article — a BIND DNS tutorial from 2001 — was preserved by UKCERT, held in the British Library, and used in university curricula. 25 years later, here's the original article and what it meant for DNS education.

Vin Patel · February 2001 · Engineering · DNS · UNIX
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— END OF LIBRARY —

More volumes forthcoming. The next is in the press.

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