

Ideas Over Dinner: Network States, Venture Capital, AI in India & What’s Next (TON Watch Party)
📅 On September 1st, The Offline Network by Offline goes live with its debut episode - built to be India’s daily pulse on tech, startups and culture, straight from the people shaping it.
The opening lineup sets the tone right away:
Aakrit Vaish – AI Investor, Advisor at IndiaAI Mission
Arjun Vaidya – Co-founder, V3 Ventures
Balaji Srinivasan – Author of the Network State, Founder of the Network School
Instead of just putting the livestream on a screen, we’re turning it into a dinner table conversation. The show will be running in the background, and we’ll pull prompts and themes straight from it - India’s AI mission & infra, the state of venture capital, the future of network states - to spark discussions at the table.
The idea is simple: swap small talk for big questions, and let food and ideas flow together.
🌏 While a lot of the conversation will orbit around India, it won’t be limited to it - we’ll zoom out into what these shifts mean globally, and what they mean for us as builders.
This first watch party is also personal. 🤍 TON has been a project I’ve been working on for a while, and hosting the debut this way feels special.
Moments like this are better shared - food, ideas, and the start of something new.
Grab your plate from the dinner buffet and join the table - the ideas will be served here. 🍛