https://akshayakula.com/blog/Notes by Akshay Akula.en-us https://akshayakula.com/blog/nqb8-hacker-in-residence/https://akshayakula.com/blog/nqb8-hacker-in-residence/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAkshay Akula on his full-time role as Hacker in Residence at NQB8, the venture studio that builds four or more ambitious companies a year with the top 1% of founders. https://akshayakula.com/blog/flex-capital-founders-backing-founders/https://akshayakula.com/blog/flex-capital-founders-backing-founders/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAn overview of Flex Capital, the seed-stage firm run by the founding CEOs of LiveRamp, BrightRoll, Lemonaid Health, SafeGraph and Pipedream, and Akshay Akula's work there on AI and agent strategy. https://akshayakula.com/blog/vonar-ai-government-ai/https://akshayakula.com/blog/vonar-ai-government-ai/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe story of Vonar.ai, the government technology company Akshay Akula founded in 2025: AI voice agents, data pipelines, cloud, IoT networks and sensors for agencies, available through Carahsoft. https://akshayakula.com/blog/exark-heavy-lift-drones/https://akshayakula.com/blog/exark-heavy-lift-drones/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTHow Exark, which won 1st place at the 2025 DC National Security Hackathon, is building U.S.-made heavy-lift drones with AI control for contested logistics and the DARPA LIFT Challenge. https://akshayakula.com/blog/zelcast-engineer-talent-network/https://akshayakula.com/blog/zelcast-engineer-talent-network/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAkshay Akula on Zelcast, the AI-native talent firm that places top engineers in founding and early roles at startups under 100 people, and the network that helped him land his current job. https://akshayakula.com/blog/angelflow-angel-investor-community/https://akshayakula.com/blog/angelflow-angel-investor-community/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAn overview of AngelFlow, a curated community of 500+ active angel investors where startups raise primary rounds with clear terms, shared by email the same day. https://akshayakula.com/blog/krazypickles-pickleball-league-app/https://akshayakula.com/blog/krazypickles-pickleball-league-app/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAn overview of KrazyPickles, a free pickleball league app with Elo-style ratings, SMS and email game scheduling, a court finder for Northern Virginia and DC, and AI-written recaps. https://akshayakula.com/blog/campser-summer-camp-finder-dc/https://akshayakula.com/blog/campser-summer-camp-finder-dc/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAn overview of Campser, a search engine for summer camps and after-school programs around Washington, DC, with 1,399 verified programs and real published prices. https://akshayakula.com/blog/aerdos-finished-intelligence/https://akshayakula.com/blog/aerdos-finished-intelligence/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAn overview of Aerdos, which turns multi-source collection into finished intelligence for the U.S. intelligence community through collection, fusion, analysis and delivery.