Beru Index · Updated 2026-04-30

Sid's Project Universe

Twenty-eight active and recent projects across AI strategy, Samba TV initiatives, content production, deep research, and personal life. The shape of the year so far.

28
Projects
8
Domains
$640K
AI Task Force Budget
10.6×
Target ROI

AI Strategy & Task Force

5 projects
AI Task Force 2026 — Execution
Year-long execution plan: $640K budget, 10.6× target ROI ($6.8M value). Q1-Q4 structure with master tracker, deliverables, and quarterly milestones.
Owner: Sid2026 · Annual
Strategic
AI Task Force 2026 — Planning
10-page Annual Planning Artifact delivered to Samba leadership. The strategic foundation for the entire 2026 program.
Delivered Nov 2025
Foundational
AI Enablement Initiative
Cross-functional enablement program. Sponsor: Jaya Aswani (SVP Eng). Co-driver: Omar Zennadi. Focus on company-wide AI fluency.
Started Jan 2026
Enablement
AI Task Force Newsletter
Recurring internal newsletter for the AI Task Force — keeps stakeholders aligned on wins, blockers, and metrics.
Apr 2026
Comms
2026 Q1-Q2 Master Plan
Personal master plan: complete execution roadmap for the first half of 2026. Strategic alignment doc for what to build, learn, and ship.
Personal
Roadmap

Claude Enterprise Rollout

4 projects
Claude Rollout — All Hands
Tech All Hands presentation (Jan 15). Stakeholders: Jaya Aswani, Omar Zennadi. Kickoff for company-wide Claude deployment.
Jan 2026
Presentation
Claude Rollout — Execution
Operational playbook for actually deploying Claude across Samba. Onboarding waves, license management, support patterns.
Feb 2026
Execution
Claude Code Interview Platform
Building an AI-assisted interview tooling platform for engineering hiring — kickoff revisions in flight.
Apr 2026
Hiring Tools
Onboarding Guide Research
Research foundation for Claude onboarding documentation. Ready for document creation phase.
Jan 2026
Research

Deep Research

5 projects
Claude Opus 4.5 — Research
Comprehensive launch analysis via Beru Deep Research Workflow. Capabilities, benchmarks, competitive positioning.
Nov 25, 2025
Model Launch
Claude Sonnet 4.5 — Research
Sister research project to Opus 4.5 — same methodology, focused on Sonnet's value prop and use-case fit.
Nov 25, 2025
Model Launch
Gemini 3 Pro Launch Research
Multi-phase deep research across Twitter, YouTube, Web, News. 168 sources discovered → 37 analyzed → 16 deep extracts.
Nov 19-20, 2025
Competitive
Ankitha Ananda Research
Person-specific deep research project. Private.
Nov 2025
Private
BSE Limited Analysis
Bombay Stock Exchange deep-dive — financial analysis of BSE Limited the company.
Dec 2025
Finance

Samba TV

5 projects
Samba New Homepage
Homepage redesign initiative. Stakeholder: Ashwin Navin (CEO). High visibility — this is the first impression.
CEO sponsor
Web
Samba Branding (2026)
2026 brand identity work — colors, typography, voice. Feeds the brand-deck and brand-web skills.
Brand
Identity
Q1 2026 QBR Prep
Quarterly Business Review prep for AI Task Force. Drive folder linked. Quantitative results, narrative arc.
Quarterly
QBR
Jira Reorganization
Restructuring AI Task Force project hierarchy in Jira. Cleaner taxonomy, better reporting, less chaos.
Jan 2026
Tooling
Samba Recruiting
Recruiting initiative — candidate research, prep work, hiring loop optimization.
Ongoing
Hiring

Content & YouTube

3 projects
Claude AI App — 30-Day Series
YouTube series: build an AI app every day for 30 days. Public learning loop, content pipeline, audience growth.
Dec 2025 →
YouTube
Agentic Mac Setup
YouTube content on agentic dev environment setup — Mac edition. Tooling, hooks, automations.
Apr 2026
YouTube
Content Strategy 2026
Annual content roadmap — themes, pillars, cadence. The strategic layer above individual videos.
2026 plan
Strategy

Tools & Agents

3 projects
Ralph — Autonomous Agent Loop
Autonomous AI loop running Amp until PRD items complete. Memory persists via git + progress.txt + prd.json. Based on Geoffrey Huntley's Ralph pattern.
Jan 2026
Agent Infra
Beru Development
Building Beru itself — Sid's Chief of Staff agent. Memory, persona, skills, heartbeat. The thing reading this page.
Strategic personal
Meta
Talent Agent
Recruiting agent integrating Lever ATS, Calendar, Slack. End-to-end candidate workflow automation.
Jan 2026
Agent

Personal Life

3 projects
New Puppy Prep
8-week-old puppy arrival prep — supplies, schedule, vet, training. Pre-arrival planning phase.
Jan 2026
Life Event
Personal Finance 2026
Annual financial plan — budget, savings rate, investments, tax optimization.
2026 plan
Finance
Prediction Markets
Exploring prediction markets — Kalshi, Polymarket. Side interest, learning by playing.
Jan 2026
Exploration