Shekhar Natarajan
Indian-born entrepreneur and supply-chain executive, host of Tomorrow, Today
Shekhar Natarajan (Indian-born entrepreneur and supply-chain executive, host of Tomorrow, Today) hosts Tomorrow, Today. Topics they speak about most include AI alignment, Artificial intelligence in filmmaking, Courage and curiosity.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
AI alignment
Natarajan praises Anthropic for resisting government pressure.
“I give kudos to Anthropic because they said, you know what, we're not going to be enslaved by the government”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:48
Natarajan argues that AI models cannot grasp user intent, making them dangerous if ungoverned.
“So intent sharing is a huge problem in AI. So your intention is not known”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 54:39
Artificial intelligence in filmmaking
Natarajan, citing will.i.am, contends AI only remixes existing material like a DJ and cannot produce the full range of a human performer's expressions.
“it can copy but like it will not do the fourth one fifth one tenth one fifteenth one twentieth one which only you can do”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:31:42
Natarajan argues AI's best uses are in early disease detection, education access and democratized finance rather than replicating actors.
“the time it takes for you to deck things comes down and hence you're able to do early detection and hence you're able to save lives”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:29:46
Courage and curiosity
Natarajan said he advises people that the worst time to quit is when they are emotional.
“tell people like the worst time to quit is when you're emotional”
Tomorrow, Today: Andrea Fuentes: Olympic Medals, Failure, Leadership & Finding Purpose | Shekhar Natarajan (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 27:02
Other remarks
Natarajan states that vast amounts of unsold new products are discarded in the United States due to inefficient supply chains.
“Like in the United States, $890 billion of product is thrown into landfill”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 53:39
Artificial intelligence
Natarajan describes AI as a new form of colonization in which model owners impose their values on others.
“Now colonization is algorithmic expansion, right? So whatever I think is right and however I think is right is what like I'll enforce on you”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:07:09
American Eagle Outfitters
Natarajan says his shared-resources initiative at American Eagle saved about $375 million in roughly a year and a half.
“We saved close to $375 million over the period of one and a half year”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:56
Podcasts hosted
- Tomorrow, Today · 3 episodes in TMT
Appearances
Andrea Fuentes: Olympic Medals, Failure, Leadership & Finding Purpose | Shekhar NatarajanTomorrow, Today · Oct 17, 2026 · 1 h 28 min
Shekhar Natarajan talks with Olympic artistic swimmer and coach Andrea Fuentes about failure, fear, grief, rebuilding the US team and her coaching philosophy.
India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow TodayTomorrow, Today · Sep 29, 2026 · 2 h 9 min
Shekhar Natarajan and novelist Chetan Bhagat discuss India's gig economy, education, inequality, AI governance and creativity, fame, and Bhagat's life story.
Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow TodayTomorrow, Today · Sep 22, 2026 · 1 h 34 min
Actress Adah Sharma tells Shekhar Natarajan about her upbringing, film career, the backlash around The Kerala Story, handling rejection, and AI in filmmaking.
Often appears with
- Andrea Fuentes · 1 shared episode
- Chetan Bhagat · 1 shared episode
- Adah Sharma · 1 shared episode