Vikas Agrawal: Build. Draw. Wander. Read. Write it down.
- Build.AI inside a real company: what gets built, and what gets used.
- Draw.Charcoal, pencil, pen and paint.
- Wander.A map of 29 places, and the dispatches behind a few.
- Read.47 books on the wall, and the ones I have marked up.
- Write it down.Essays on ambition, standards and money.
AI inside a real company: what gets built, and what gets used.
Charcoal, pencil, pen and paint.A map of 29 places, and the dispatches behind a few.47 books on the wall, and the ones I have marked up.
The cost doesn’t hit you like a car crash. It hits you like a slow leak.The Cost Nobody Shows YouEssays on ambition, standards and money.
I build AI systems for a living, make texture art when the screens go off, and write down what I notice.From Jaipur, living in Hyderabad.
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Latest essay, folio 2
The Cost Nobody Shows You
The moving goalpost of ambition, and what quietly had to die in private so that version of you could exist.
Read the essayWhat’s in the ledger
- Start hereThe Long Way AroundOn choosing the practical path, surviving corporate scale, and refusing to live an uncurated life.
- Right nowWhat I’m in the middle ofBuilding, drawing, wandering, reading and writing. Updated October 2026.
- Latest dispatchDelhi, DelhiJuly 2026
- On the shelfTools of TitansTim Ferriss. Reading now.
- Latest plateBlue Gradient StudyTexture art on board.