‘Don’t make people lose…’: AR Rahman shares what he told Sam Altman and Aravind Srinivas at their first meeting
By
Binu Mathew
Indian composer and two-time Oscar winner AR Rahman recently shared an insightful message during his appearance on Nikhil Kamath’s WTF podcast. Rahman revealed that whenever he meets tech leaders like OpenAI’s Sam Altman or Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, his first request to them is simple but powerful: don’t build technology that replaces people—build technology that uplifts them and helps break generational hardships.
