HUMAN

in the loop

Real people. Real tools. Fifteen minutes.

A weekly live show where two ex-Microsoft builders share the AI tools they actually use. No decks. No Q&A. Just the work.

Next Episode: Friday, April 3 - 4:00 PM ET

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What is this?

Every Friday at 4 PM ET, one of us goes live for exactly fifteen minutes. No slides. No audience Q&A. Just a camera, a screen share, and one real tool we used that week. We show the messy version - the one that actually works in our lives, not the polished demo. Think of it as looking over the shoulder of someone who builds AI systems for a living.

The Founders

Chris Shanku

Chris Shanku

Builder. Storyteller. Moth StorySLAM Winner.

8 years at Microsoft FSI. Solution Engineer turned seller turned builder. Now Senior Director at iLink Digital, building AI systems that run in production every day. Created The Grove - a personal AI operating system with 23 agents and 41 skills.

The Grove - a personal AI operating system
shanku.net →
Sash Mohapatra

Sash Mohapatra

Explorer. Course Creator. Product Builder.

20 years at Microsoft. Started as an Exchange server engineer in India, ended as Director of Data & AI Sales for Capital Markets. Now building what he wished existed during that transition - courses, newsletters, and AI-native products.

RiftLab, Pollzy, Rift Dispatch, Maven Course
riftlab.ai →

Both Microsoft Data & AI veterans. Both let go. Both discovered they are builders.

The Format

15 Minutes

Tight. No filler. Respect your Friday.

Always Live

No editing. No retakes. The real thing.

No Q&A

We show. You watch. Comments after.

Real Tools Only

Things we actually use. Not sponsors.

Episodes

EP.01 Upcoming

The Tools We Actually Use

Chris and Sash show the AI systems they built for their own lives. No slides. Just screen shares and the messy truth.

Friday, April 3 - 4:00 PM ET with Chris Shanku & Sash Mohapatra

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