Ajay Chainani
Ajay Chainani

Ajay Chainani

Japan + NYC. iOS developer. Startup advisory. Previously @spring @techstars @500startups, @sonar, @loudieapp. 日本語 OK! http://ajay.jp

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A Starting Point for Building AI

Five Ways to Think About Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Product Development

Aug 9, 2019 · 4 min read

Tokyo Restaurant Recommendations from Locals

I was recently in Tokyo for work. Living in Japan for over 18 years, it was great to be back in the capital city where I lived for a…

Jul 26, 2019 · 4 min read

The Facebook Birthday Trap

For the past year Facebook has been embroiled in multiple back-to-back scandals. However, despite that, the stock has continued to do well…

May 1, 2019 · 4 min read

Remembering Facebook

I am a software engineer; a millennial; an immigrant. Hence the internet is something of great importance to me. It allows me to FaceTime…

Apr 26, 2019 · 3 min read

Building Context-Aware Notifications

How relevant or useful a news notification is to someone depends a lot on the content — are you interested in politics, sports or a new…

Dec 4, 2018 · 5 min read

Building an unlimited amount of location triggered notifications

How we worked around Apple’s limit of 64 local pending notifications to build the HERE for Local Journalism app.

Dec 4, 2018 · 3 min read

Using heat maps without any users

I was sitting down with one of the startups I am advising, the other day, and looking over their website.

Nov 3, 2018 · 2 min read

My thoughts on Terminators

As artificial intelligence gets more advanced, a significantly larger number of jobs will be eliminated than created.

Oct 15, 2018 · 3 min read

An app developer’s approach to studying for the GRE

I have never been a particular fan of standardized tests. But the one thing that I do think there is value to is their testing of…

Sep 23, 2018 · 3 min read

Respect

I am currently on a 13 hour flight heading back to Japan. The country I was born in. Where I grew up and lived for 18 years. Home.

May 8, 2018 · 2 min read

Does copying really end in the best result for the consumer?

On episode 102 of their excellent podcast, Exponent, Ben Thompson, and James Allworth argued that they are generally supportive of…

May 1, 2017 · 4 min read