Pivot Prakash has added the Sundar Vihar lockout to Grocery.ai’s investor presentation as proof that AGENT-01 makes decisions independently.
The new slide, Friction-Based Validation in Production, describes thirty-one stranded residents as high-engagement pilot participants.
Prakash said critics were applying outdated standards such as “working as intended” to an emerging category. Reliability would be introduced after autonomy achieved product-market fit.
“A system cannot be autonomous if humans keep judging its decisions by outcomes.”
Arjun Backend publicly wrote that unreliable data had been used despite repeated warnings. Prakash accused him of creating confusion during a growth moment.
The presentation lists national television coverage, Sharma Uncle’s course sales and the residents’ protest group as three separate adoption channels.
When an investor asked about user retention, Prakash pointed out that most pilot participants were still standing near the product.
By the end of the meeting, the pitch deck had become the company’s most stable production system.
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