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"You Are Going to Replace All Teachers" – The AI Changing Pakistani Schools ft. Ansar Moughis | TBT

2.3K views · 8h ago · 38:32

Guest: Ansar Moughis

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Learn AIDE AI Will Artificial Intelligence eventually replace human teachers, or is it the ultimate tool to save our broken education system?

Topics: Elevator Pitch: Automating Paper Grading for Teachers · Market Size: Teachers and Students in Pakistan · How the Product Works and Handwriting Recognition · Student Practice Platform and Analytics · Pricing and Teacher Costs in Pakistan · Selling to Schools vs Teachers

Don't Rely on LinkedIn: How AI is Changing Business Networking Forever ft. Hassan Munj | TBT Podcast

11K views · 2d ago · 41:03

Guests: Hassan Munj, Hassan Zulfiqar Munj

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Hassan isn't a traditional software engineer. Coming from a background in traditional family business, opening CrossFit gyms, and running art galleries, he realized that the biggest bottleneck for entrepreneurs isn't just money—it's genuine, intent-based networking.

Topics: Why taste and exposure matter in the age of AI · Hassan's education and early career path · Selling a stake in Iron Box and earning his father's trust · Taking over the family import business · Digitizing traditional Pakistani businesses · The art gallery building and its story

Is AI the Dajjal? The Untold Truth About Islam & Artificial Intelligence ft. Shahbaaz Khan | TBT

6.1K views · 3d ago · 48:04

Guest: Shahbaaz Khan

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Is AI the Dajjal? I put that question to Shahbaaz Khan, Project Head of Ilmverse, a global initiative of SISL, Al-Kawthar University. Ilmverse is an Islamic AI companion that answers with sources. It is built on 8.5 million pages of authentic content from more than 3,250 authors.

Topics: Claude getting opinionated and what it means for Eastern users · Shahbaaz Khan on SISL and Al-Kawthar University · What Ilm is: a trusted AI companion with sources · Under the hood: models, RAG and the data layer · Video verification and keeping Ilm sustainable · Where the data comes from: books, Arabic OCR and permissions

Stop Opening Restaurants: The Smarter Way to Capture Pakistan's $6B Food Market | TBT Podcast

26K views · 1w ago · 53:59

Guests: Stop Opening Restaurants, Syed Sair Ali

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building I talk with Syed Sair Ali, co-founder of Blink, about building restaurant software in Pakistan: point of sale, online ordering, fleet, payments and tax integration. He explains why systems of record come before AI, how Blink reached $1M ARR and profitability across 500 brands, and how big the food software market in Pakistan could be.

Topics: What Blink does for restaurants · How Blink started and early lessons · Blink's module stack: POS, online ordering, fleet · Is SaaS dead? Standardization and vertical SaaS · Modular pricing and customers like Dunkin · Data as the real asset and industry insights

Why LUMS Graduates Get Hired Faster Than You (The "Packaging" Secret) ft. Farhan Raza | TBT Podcast

26K views · 1w ago · 36:04

Guests: Farhan Raza, Farhan Ali Raza

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Do you need a degree from an elite university to land a job at a Silicon Valley startup, or can open-source code be your global passport?

Topics: Growing Up in Bahawalnagar & Starting with Programming · Cracking Open Source: How Farhan Got Into Django & GSoC · Building Django Bolt & Racking Up 1,700 GitHub Stars · Landing a Job at a YC Startup (Reflex) From a Small Town · Is Coding Dead? How AI is Automating Junior Developer Roles · The Shift from "Workhorse" Coding to Product Thinking

How AI is "Hacking" the Pakistan Stock Exchange (No More WhatsApp Tips) ft Shayan Baig | TBT Podcast

19K views · 1w ago · 37:22

Guest: Shayan Baig

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Are software engineering degrees becoming obsolete? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast, I sit down with Shayan Baig, an Electrical Engineer turned Fintech founder, who built AlphaGen Pro—a comprehensive AI research platform for the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)—in just 5 months with absolutely ZERO coding experience.

Topics: From Electrical Engineering to the Pakistan Stock Exchange · How the model works: Covid stocks, fundamentals and technicals · How to Build a SaaS in 5 Months Without Knowing How to Code · Real customers, free months and monetization · AlphaGen Pro Demo: Turning Geopolitics & News into Stock Data · A two-person team and the three-year build behind the product

How a 19-Year-Old Bootstrapped a Food Startup Without VC Money ft. Hasan Haji |TBT Podcast

14K views · 2w ago · 36:48

Guests: Hasan Haji, Hassan Haji

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building While most founders wait for millions in venture capital, Hassan chose a different path—funding his startup entirely through his own high school hustles, freelance coding projects, and sheer grit.

Topics: Is the concept new? Too Good to Go and others · Pickup, delivery and third-party delivery partners · Hasan's background and early hustles · Pitching VCs and hearing "you're 19" · Building the app himself with AI tools · Earlier food-waste efforts and a sustainable model

Why "AI Services" is the Next Trillion-Dollar Hustle ft. Mustafa Hanif | TBT Podcast

43K views · 2w ago · 33:36

Guest: Mustafa Hanif

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Are software engineering skills becoming obsolete, or is a massive new goldmine opening up for people with real-world business experience?

Topics: What is WeTarseel? Building an Omni-Channel AI CRM for WhatsApp · Solving the Urdu Language Barrier with AI Voice Notes & Gemini · From FAST-NUCES to Dubai Tech: The Journey to WeTarseel AI · Going Global: Acquiring 200+ Enterprise Clients in the Middle East · WhatsApp Message Costs and Web Chat Alternatives for Pakistani Businesses · Beyond Chatbots: Order Taking, Customer Memory and Conversion Metrics

The Easiest Way to Move to Europe as a Pakistani Freelancer ft. Reyhan Khan | TBT Podcast

34K views · 2w ago · 42:25

Guest: Reyhan Khan

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Are AI and automation going to kill the Pakistani remote work dream, or is this the biggest opportunity to earn in dollars? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast, I sit down with Reyhan Khan, founder of Recruiter GTM, who went from earning Rs.

Topics: Reyhan’s Journey: From Rs. 25,000 in Pindi to Upwork · Building Recruiter GTM & Helping 250+ Pakistanis Get Remote Jobs · Is AI Killing the Recruitment Industry? · How Reyhan Scaled His Income from $4/Hour to $8,000/Month · Finding Your Skill: Operations, Recruiting and Writing Roles · The Biggest Mistakes Pakistani Freelancers Make (Stop Sending "Hi Sir")

How One Guy Used AI to Build an Entire Tech Startup in 5 Months ft. Fahad Hassan | TBT Podcast

23K views · 2w ago · 34:02

Guest: Fahad Hassan

Are electric vehicles actually taking over Pakistan, or are drivers suffering from severe "range anxiety"? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast, I sit down with Fahad Hassan, a self-taught developer who dropped out of A-Levels, spent a decade freelancing on Upwork, and used AI to build "ChargePK"—Pakistan’s premier EV charging aggregator app—in just 5 months.

Topics: Dropping Out of A-Levels to Start Coding in 2012 · The Birth of ChargePK: Solving Personal "Range Anxiety" · Building Solo: How AI Cut Multi-Platform App Development to 5 Months · Can You Build an App With AI If You Can't Code? · UX & Design First: Why He Built Native Instead of Taking the Shortcut · Monetization & B2B Partnerships: Working with Charging Stations

Saudi Arabia's Secret Masterplan for Pakistan's AI Infrastructure ft. Aly Fahd | TBT Podcast

27K views · 2w ago · 48:03

Guest: Aly Fahd

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Is the era of "free VC money" over, or is Pakistan's tech ecosystem finally maturing? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast, I sit down with Aly Fahd, Founder and CEO of PakLaunch, to decode the shifting dynamics of global capital, AI data centers, and why overseas Pakistanis are aggressively investing back home.

Topics: What is PakLaunch? The New York Unconference Explained · The End of "Free Money" & The Maturation of Pakistani Startups · Geopolitics: Why Overseas Pakistanis Are Looking Back Home · Gen-Z Diaspora & The Rise of Unapologetic Nationalism · Why Are We Begging for US Dollars? (Local Wealth Steps Up) · Earning Trust: Why Due Diligence is Failing in Pakistan

I Built a Government AI App in 30 Minutes (And They Called Me) | Raheel Siddiqui | TBT Podcast

34K views · 3w ago · 45:02

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Are AI tools taking your jobs, or are you just not building fast enough? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast, I sit down with 25-year-old developer Raheel Siddiqui, the creator of pakistangov.online.

Topics: Meet Raheel Siddiqui & The Birth of pakistangov.online · Going Viral: Handling 30,000 Users on a $0 Budget · Job Offers, Investors, and the IT Minister Reaching Out · Raheel’s Journey: From Usman Institute of Technology to Global Nomad · Advice for CS Students: Is Coding Dead Because of AI? · Why Building "Taste" and Great UX is More Important Than Code

"Don't Build in Pakistan" - The Ugly Truth About the Local Tech Market | Maha Shahzad | TBT Podcast

46K views · 3w ago · 45:26

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Watch Maha’s first episode How did a Pakistani mobility startup achieve profitability in a sector that destroyed giants like Airlift, Uber, and Swvl? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast, Maha from Bus Karo returns to share the untold reality of surviving Pakistan’s brutal public transport graveyard amidst skyrocketing fuel prices.

Topics: How Bus Karo Reached Profitability Amidst a Fuel Crisis · Why Govt Fuel Subsidies Completely Ignore the Poorest Commuters · Why Profitability Matters for a Pakistani Startup · Will Electric Buses (EVs) Actually Work in Pakistan? (The Real Math) · The Cost of ICE vs. EV Buses: Who Pays the Delta? · Why Investors Stopped Funding Non-AI Startups

They Are Killing Cash: The Terrifying Reality of Pakistan's Digital Rupee ft.Ahmad Manzoor | TBT

26K views · 1mo ago · 1:01:48

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Is the internet dying? With AI bots and "slop" projected to make up 99% of web traffic, the need for verified, authentic data has never been more critical.

Topics: Why I am watching blockchain and AI together · What changed since our 2021 blockchain conversation · Real estate tokenization and the Patwari system · How blockchain verifies authentic data in the AI era · Nadra digital identity and Pakistan's DPI infrastructure · Use cases that actually make life easier

Freelancing is Dead: Why "Building Shopify Sites" Won't Make You Money Anymore ft. Badar Munir | TBT

87K views · 2mo ago · 1:16:52

Guest: Badar Munir

Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building Can a beginner with zero technical background actually make thousands of dollars using AI? In this episode of Thought Behind Things, I sit down with Badar Munir, founder of Aghaaz and one of Pakistan's top AI educators, to break down the exact roadmaps, workflows, and client acquisition strategies working right now.

Topics: Badar's Background: From Faisalabad to Programming · How AI Changed from 2022 to Today · Is AI Actually Bringing Real Value to Businesses? · Using AI to Build Your Own Product vs. Service Delivery · Practical Examples of AI Automation in E-commerce · The Economics of Product Development vs. Automation