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PERSONAL ARCHIVE / ISSUE 32

Illustrated manga cover introducing Akshat Kadam
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01Origin

THE MAKING OF A BUILDER

02Builder

Ideas in motion

03Now

The current chapter

Akshat Kadam — Personal archive, issue 32

CHAPTER 01

THREE TIMES, ONE LIFE

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01

THE CHILDHOOD ARC

Curiosity learns its shape.

SCHOOL → IIT BOMBAY

Growing up and studying in Mumbai, then college at IIT Bombay—the years that turned curiosity into discipline and made building feel possible.

02

THE PROFESSIONAL START

The work becomes real.

TOKYO

Professional life began in Tokyo: learning how ambitious technology takes shape through teams, constraints, patience, and craft.

03

THE ADULT CHAPTER

Building on my own terms.

INDIA · NOW

The current chapter is based in India—building companies, products, and experiments across education, software, and AI.

THE BUILDER ARCTHE BUILDER ARCTHE BUILDER ARC

CHAPTER 02 / BUILDING

Three things
in motion.

Companies and products are not trophies here. They are ongoing storylines: problems worth staying with, people worth building for, and experiments still unfolding.

ARC 01 · EDUCATION01

DeveLearn

Technology education, training, and academic programs across AI, data, software, and cybersecurity.

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ARC 02 · SOFTWARE / AI02

Next Platforms

Software development, cloud applications, and AI systems for teams and organizations across markets.

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ARC 03 · LEARNING03

Zuma

Building toward more personal, intelligent learning experiences for school students.

Open this arc

CHAPTER 03 / THE PRESENT TENSE

What's got
my attention.

  1. 01Building Zuma AI
  2. 02Growing DeveLearn
  3. 03Making software and AI systems through Next Platforms
  4. 04Exploring agentic AI, product systems, and new technical possibilities

EXTRA PAGES / INNER LIFE

Manga. Anime.
Pokémon. Always.

The things that make a life vivid belong in the record too. This issue will keep growing—new projects, new places, and side stories included.

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