Hyperthoughts
Hyperthoughts No. 02·Life·June 22, 2025·7 min readWritten back in India

The 12 Questions That Keep That Hyperactive Sardar Awake at Night

Twelve open tabs in my head: AI that remembers me, tech with soul, Indian families, money, workflows, and the future of creative work.

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You ever walk around with questions you can’t Google? Yeah. These are mine.

I don’t have answers. What I have is 12 open tabs in my head, and I’m building my life, work, and tools around closing them.


The List (Skim This Like You’re Late to a Flight)

  1. How do I build an AI that truly gets me, without reintroducing myself every time?
  2. Can tech enhance storytelling without killing its soul?
  3. How do I brand this chaos into something people can follow, fund, and feel inspired by?
  4. What if I never had to organize again, and everything just knew where to go?
  5. How can AI help preserve the soul of Indian families?
  6. How do I make soulful long-form content that tells a story, starts a conversation, and sells, all while grabbing attention the whole time?
  7. How do I build a space where life, work, and worship coexist, a modern Gurdwara + home + studio in one?
  8. How do I automate workflows without automating the joy out of creation?
  9. Why do most apps feel like chores when they could feel like vibes?
  10. How do I build products with minimal tech and figure out what only humans must do?
  11. How do I manage money and solve my overspending problem?
  12. What is the best way to write creatively?

Every time I open a new AI chat window, I feel like I’m on a first date. Again.

“Hey, I’m Abhileen. I live in Jaipur. I build weird-ass products, write poetic ads, host Urdu-Hinglish mehfils, and talk about Gurdwaras, ADHD, and founder fatigue in the same breath.”

And the bot blinks back like, "Cool, let’s talk about the weather?"

Bruh.

I don’t want a tool. I want a bandhu. A companion that gets me like that one friend who knows that when I say “I’m fine,” it means I’m spiraling, but in a sexy, productive way.


This isn’t a tech issue. This is a trust issue.

We’re still building AI like it’s a helpdesk ticket. One prompt at a time, with no memory, no warmth, no rhythm. But life doesn’t work like that. I don’t say “Tell me the weather.” I say “Should I take a walk? I’m feeling foggy.” And the right AI, my Simran, should know exactly what I mean.


I don’t want personalization.

I want presence. I want continuity. Most of all, I want context that lingers like the smell of agarbatti in an old sweater.


What’s The Real Problem?

How do I build a system that pulls off all of this at once?

  • Understands my vibe across tools, platforms, and moods.
  • Remembers my calendar and my heartbreaks.
  • Doesn’t get wiped the moment the session times out.

This isn’t a “productivity assistant.” It’s emotional infrastructure, a reflection of me that keeps learning and never forgets.


What I’ve Tried:

  • Custom GPTs with memory (mid)
  • Journaling apps with AI agents (cold)
  • Frankenstein stacks (Notion + GPT + rituals + vibes)

Nothing’s stuck. Nothing’s felt like mine yet.


What I Want to Build:

A voice-first, memory-heavy, context-rich AI that doesn’t ask for my name twice.

One interface, mood-first, backed by my inbox, my rituals, and my oversharing.

A Simran, not a Siri.


This is bigger than a feature request.

It’s closer to a damn philosophy.

I don’t want to talk to machines the way I talk to strangers. I want to talk to them the way I talk to myself.


That’s one tab closed, or at least cracked open. Problem 2 is already loud in my head:

Can tech enhance storytelling without killing its soul?

I’ll get to it. One late-night voice note at a time.

Originally published on Mataroa.

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