Vishnu's Podcast
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<p>Vishnu Mohandas, Founder & CEO, Ente interviews leaders from the privacy ecosystem, who are building products and businesses to move the industry forward. </p>
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Publishing Since
12/11/2025
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May 8, 2026
Vishnu's Podcast ft. Mo Bitar - Founder of Standard Notes [Part 2]
<p>Mo Bitar, Founder of Standard Notes, returns for Part 2 of his conversation with Vishnu Mohandas, CEO of Ente — diving deeper into building privacy-first products, his burnout from privacy, life after Proton, and the lessons learned along the way. </p><p>Listen as they talk about startup struggles, the mental toll of building in public, and why Mo believes the future of privacy needs a different path.</p><p>Mo Bitar – <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mough.xyz">https://mough.xyz</a> | <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/moughxyz">https://x.com/atmoio</a></p><p>Conquer – <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://conquer.dev/">https://conquer.dev/</a> </p><p>Ente – <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ente.io/">https://ente.com/</a></p>
May 1, 2026
Vishnu's Podcast ft. Mo Bitar - Founder of Standard Notes [Part 1]
<p>Mo Bitar, Founder, Standard Notes talks to Vishnu Mohandas, CEO of Ente on building Standard Notes, selling to Proton, and why he left Proton.</p><p>Part 2 coming soon.</p><p>Mo Bitar - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/moughxyz">https://x.com/moughxyz</a></p><p>Conquer - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://conquer.dev/">https://conquer.dev/</a></p><p>Ente - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ente.io/">https://ente.com</a></p><p></p>
April 30, 2026
Free Search is a Trap | Kagi's CEO Vlad on Building a New Internet
<p>Vladimir Prelovac, founder of Kagi, joins Vishnu Mohandas, CEO of Ente, to unpack the story behind a search engine built on trust, not ads.</p><p>Vlad explains why “free” search is a trap, how Big Tech’s incentives distort information, and what pushed him to build Kagi — a paid, privacy-first alternative.</p><p>They dig into the origin of Kagi, the browser built by one engineer, the vision for an independent ecosystem, and why incentives matter more than features.</p><p>If you care about privacy, the future of the web, or the mindset behind mission-driven products, this one’s worth your time.</p><p>⸻</p><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 Start</p><p>00:25 Intro</p><p>01:00 Why build Kagi?</p><p>03:50 Early days of Kagi</p><p>06:08 Public Benefit Corporation</p><p>10:17 Paying for Search</p><p>15:00 Orion Browser</p><p>20:52 Vlad’s origin story</p><p>24:46 Childhood memories</p><p>28:52 Kagi’s dependency on Yandex</p><p>32:05 The future of Kagi</p><p>35:37 Kagi Mail</p><p>39:00 Doing “too many” things</p><p>48:25 What makes Vlad optimistic</p><p>⸻</p><p>Kagi: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://kagi.com/">https://kagi.com/</a></p><p>Vlad: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/vladquant">https://x.com/vladquant</a></p><p>Discount for Kagi: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ente.com/friends">https://ente.com/friends</a></p><p>Discount for Ente: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://kagi.com/specials">https://kagi.com/specials</a></p>
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<p>Vishnu Mohandas, Founder & CEO, Ente interviews leaders from the privacy ecosystem, who are building products and businesses to move the industry forward. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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