Moving to Silicon Valley and Early Startup Days

SPC alum Tuhin Srivastava sits down with Aditya Agarwal to break down how a failed four-year startup, plus early chapters in finance and biotech, shaped the way he is scaling Baseten into one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies today.

His approach is simple: kill what doesn’t work, don’t scale before you’re ready, and stop pretending you can see past three months in AI.

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Connect with us here:

1. Tuhin Srivastava- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuhin-srivastava/

2. Aditya Agarwal- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/

3. South Park Commons- https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/

00:00 Trailer

00:56 Introduction

01:28 Insights from Cricket to Startups

03:30 Career Journey: From Finance to Tech

08:16 Navigating the Startup Ecosystem

22:48 Embracing Change and Customer Focus

25:38 Unique Company Philosophies

30:14 Compensation and Team Dynamics

39:29 Cricket Predictions