Vin Patel is an AI technologist and published author with 25+ years of experience. He is the creator of Manuscript (open-source AI content detection), AEORank (AI Engine Optimization), and the Bhagavad Gita App. His work has been archived by the British Library and cited by UKCERT.

AEORank is an open-source AI visibility platform that scans any website across 36 criteria, scores it from 0-100, and generates 9 deployment-ready files that improve discoverability by AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Includes a free CLI, dashboard at app.aeorank.dev, GitHub App, and 13 framework plugins. Visit aeorank.dev.

What is the Bhagavad Gita App?

A verse-by-verse platform at bhagavad.net presenting all 700 Gita verses through 8 philosophical traditions with multi-tradition synthesis, life applications across 4 pillars, and 5,600+ searchable life questions. Open source and MIT licensed.

Manuscript is the only open-source AI content detector that runs 100% on your infrastructure. It detects AI-generated text, images, audio, and video with zero external API calls. Built in Go, self-hosted via Docker. Visit manuscript.dev.

How can I work with Vin Patel?

Vin is available for speaking engagements, podcast interviews, and consulting on AI strategy. He also runs the IdeaForge Workshop, a 4-day intensive for building AI products. Contact vinpatel.pro@gmail.com or visit vinpatel.com/speaking.

Vin Patel

I build AI tools, write books, and ship open-source software.

25 years in tech. Creator of Manuscript, AEORank, and the Bhagavad Gita App.

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Published by Packt Archived by British Library Cited by UKCERT Referenced by Texas A&M

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Homomorphic Encryption For AI Was Supposed To Take Years. Google Shipped It Now.

Aug 15

Google says it's making homomorphic encryption practical for AI inference, a technique long dismissed as too slow to ship.

Crunchbase: Fitness Funding Rebounds, But Not For Treadmills

Aug 14

Crunchbase's new sector snapshot shows fitness funding rebounding — but only for AI and data plays, not hardware like treadmills.

Self-Driving Cars Don't Need Bigger Brains, CMU-Drive Argues

Aug 12

CMU-Drive and V2V-VLA argue self-driving cars should reason together, not alone — but the paper ships a benchmark, not a fleet on the road.

OpenAI's New Cyber Model Answers AI-Led Attacks

Aug 11

TechCrunch's headline says OpenAI shipped a cyber model for rising AI-led attacks — the sentence proves less than the framing implies.

Claude Code Just Made Auto Mode The Default For Everyone

Aug 10

Claude Code now runs on auto mode by default, so developers who never touched the settings just lost their manual approval prompts.

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The $1.75 Trillion Wire: What SpaceX's IPO Actually Means for Builders

Jun 13

The largest IPO in history happened on June 12, 2026. The interesting part isn't the number. It's what the S-1 reveals: SpaceX is being …

Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

Jun 3

A deep dive into Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.

Claude Opus 4.8

May 30

A deep dive into Claude Opus 4.8 — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.

Before Google: My First Two Websites (1997 and 2001)

May 29

I built my first website in 1997. It was called 123ofnet.com. Four years later I followed it with 123ofcomputers.com — a category-driven …

Claude Code as a Daily Driver: Claude.md, Skills, Subagents, Plugins, and MCPs

May 27

A deep dive into Claude Code as a Daily Driver: Claude.md, Skills, Subagents, Plugins, and MCPs — with data, frameworks, and practical …

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