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Last updated: June 11, 2026, 6:58 AM ist
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Mohit Saxena
InMobi | June 7
Co-Founders of InMobi, one of the world's leading independent mobile advertising and marketing platforms, powering performance and brand campaigns globally.
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Abhay Singhal
InMobi | June 7
Co-Founders of InMobi, one of the world's leading independent mobile advertising and marketing platforms, powering performance and brand campaigns globally.
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Vaibhav Khandelwal
Shadowfax | June 7
Co-Founder & CTO of Shadowfax, India's open logistics network powering last-mile and hyperlocal delivery for the country's largest D2C and e-commerce brands.
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Ronnie Screwvala
upGrad | June 7
Co-Founder & Chairperson of upGrad, India's largest online higher education platform reskilling millions of working professionals across the globe.
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Kanika Gupta Shori
Square Yards | June 7
Founder & COO of Square Yards, India's largest integrated real estate platform covering property search, transactions, home loans, and property management.
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Sreevathsa Prabhakar
Servify | June 7
Founder & CEO of Servify, the global device lifecycle and after-sales service platform powering the service infrastructure for the world's leading OEMs and retailers across 40+ countries.
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Kanav Hasija
MeltPlan | June 4
On why construction productivity has been falling for 50 years, what pre-construction planning has to do with everything that goes wrong on a build — and why Bessemer backed him at under a year old.
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Vivek Ravisankar
HackerRank | June 4
On whether tech hiring is actually fixed, what AI does to the job of being an engineer, and where the human sits when machines write most of the code.
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Ishan Rakshit
Shopflo, Sortment | June 2
Raised from Tiger Global at seed, built checkout infrastructure for 1,000 D2C brands, sold to Pine Labs for ₹88 Cr — and immediately started over with the same co-founders.
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Suhas Motwani
The Product Folks | June 2
Built India's largest PM community from a single meetup — 30,000 members, entirely on patience.
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Dhawal Jain
Mave Health | May 31
Built a wearable that stimulates the brain to fix focus and mood — on what tDCS actually does to the brain and whether India will pay ₹29,500 for it.
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Sahil Shah
TM Systems | May 31
Company of 40 years and just took it to Europe — on cybersecurity, intelligence, and entrepreneurship.
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Vinay Jaisingh & Afshaan Siddiqui
Legend of Toys | May 31
Went from ISB to RC cars — built a ₹30 Cr ARR brand in 16 months and give every customer free repairs for life.
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Ajay Rao
Emiza | May 28
Founder of Emiza — spent a decade building warehousing and fulfillment for Indian SMBs.
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Vinay Agastya
Ctruh | May 28
Founder of Ctruh — building the infrastructure layer for the spatial internet. Browser-native 3D experiences for any brand, no app downloads needed. Shark Tank India S5 alum, $4.5 Mn raised.
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Vedant Gupte
Trackk | May 28
Founder of Trackk — reimagining how Gen Z invests with AI-powered stock discovery. One of India's youngest registered brokers, backed by Lightspeed and Info Edge.
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Aakash Chaudhry
Sparkl, Aakash Institute | May 26
Co-built Aakash Institute into one of India's largest test prep networks with 300+ centres. Now building again with Sparkl: one-on-one live tutoring.
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Eela Dubey
EduFund | May 26
Founder of EduFund — helping 250,000+ Indian families plan and finance their children's education.
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Ankit Dudhwewala
CallHippo | May 26
Founder of CallHippo — built three SaaS products without a technical background and without raising VC. $20Mn+ combined revenue, all bootstrapped.
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Shreyans Sancheti
Linkrunner | May 24
Co-Founder of Linkrunner — AI-powered Mobile Measurement Partner, built the attribution tool designed ground-up for Indian consumer apps, going head-to-head with AppsFlyer and Branch.
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Darshil Rathod
Linkrunner | May 24
Co-Founder of Linkrunner — AI-powered Mobile Measurement Partner, built the attribution tool designed ground-up for Indian consumer apps, going head-to-head with AppsFlyer and Branch.
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Rohan Chaudhary
Rumik AI | May 21
Founder & CEO of Rumik AI — building Ira, an emotionally intelligent AI companion for India. 35M+ messages in 4 months, 1M+ installs, 40-min average sessions, $6.5M raised.
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Siddhant Agarwal
SportVot | May 21
Founder of SportVot — the platform digitising grassroots sport in India and globally. 3.5 lakh matches digitised, 30 sports, 20,000+ kabaddi athlete profiles. Raised Rs 32.7 Cr.
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Shashi Kumar
Akshayakalpa Organic | May 17
Founder & CEO of Akshayakalpa Organic — built India's first certified organic dairy company from a farm on the outskirts of Bengaluru, survived six shutdown scares, and scaled to Rs 395 Cr.
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Anushka Sharma
Quenzy | May 14
Founder of Quenzy — bootstrapped a prebiotic soda brand that sold out in 2 hours, ex-Google and Amazon.
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Nakul Kelkar
Affogato AI | May 14
Co-Founder of Affogato AI — built an AI video agent with 1.5M users, backed by YC.
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Manesh Jain
Flo Mobility | May 10
Founder & CEO of Flo Mobility, deploying autonomous robots across construction sites, airports, and industrial environments — making robotics work reliably in real-world settings.
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Awais Ahmed
Pixxel | May 7
Founder & CEO of Pixxel, discussing Pixxel's orbital AI infrastructure ambitions and India's first orbital data centre satellite.
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Naman Shah
NowPurchase | May 7
Founder & CEO of NowPurchase, digitising India's metal manufacturing ecosystem through procurement infrastructure, factory operating systems, and AI-driven intelligence.
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Abhishek Sahu
Dreamspan | May 7
Founder & CEO of Dreamspan, breaking down adaptive health technology, longevity trends, and what building health hardware in India actually demands.
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Bharat Pinnam
Emergent | May 5
Head of Education at Emergent, explaining how AI-native software creation is changing who gets to build and why the future developer may not look anything like today's engineer.
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Dharmesh BA
1990 Research Labs | May 5
Founder of 1990 Research Labs, breaking down the empathy gap between Indian founders and Bharat users, and how UPI, WhatsApp, and digital products are reshaping consumer psychology.
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Kiran Gopinath
Sahamati Labs | May 3
Founder & Head of Sahamati Labs, the innovation arm of Sahamati, working at the forefront of weaving AI into India's open finance infrastructure.
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Saurabh Pandey
Eloelo Group | May 3
Founder & CEO of Eloelo Group, building India's go-to platform for entertainment with StoryTV App for microdramas, Master for microlearning and Eloelo for live social entertainment — redefining how people entertain, learn and connect online.
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Brijraj Bhuptani
SPRY | April 28
This episode brings together two very different worlds — elite performance and healthcare systems — with one common thread: decision-making under pressure. Paddy Upton breaks down building high-performance individuals and teams, lessons from working with Gukesh Dommaraju, and how mental conditioning differs from motivation. Brijraj Bhuptani explains how SPRY is rebuilding outpatient healthcare workflows with AI — from documentation to billing.
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Paddy Upton
Leadership & Mental Game Coach | April 28
This episode brings together two very different worlds — elite performance and healthcare systems — with one common thread: decision-making under pressure. Paddy Upton breaks down building high-performance individuals and teams, lessons from working with Gukesh Dommaraju, and how mental conditioning differs from motivation. Brijraj Bhuptani explains how SPRY is rebuilding outpatient healthcare workflows with AI — from documentation to billing.
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Manas Gupta
GobbleCube | April 26
Manas Gupta & Srikumar Nair spent 6+ years inside Blinkit — one on data, one on category. They saw how brands were evolving. They built GobbleCube. $15M Series A. 400+ brands. HUL, Tata, L'Oréal, ITC, Reckitt. 30+ marketplaces.
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Srikumar Nair
GobbleCube | April 26
Manas Gupta & Srikumar Nair spent 6+ years inside Blinkit — one on data, one on category. They saw how brands were evolving. They built GobbleCube. $15M Series A. 400+ brands. HUL, Tata, L'Oréal, ITC, Reckitt. 30+ marketplaces.
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Vinit Sarode
Wavelength | April 23
Co-Founder of Wavelength, an Antler-backed, voice-first AI dating app.
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Akshay Jain
Mlada | April 23
Founder of Mlada, a bootstrapped D2C women's fashion brand from Ludhiana, Punjab.
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Sajo Mathews
Deccan AI | April 21
Deccan AI helps Frontier Labs with post-training data — aligning models to domains (math, science, medicine) and evaluating gaps.
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Rukesh Reddy
Deccan AI | April 21
Deccan AI helps Frontier Labs with post-training data — aligning models to domains (math, science, medicine) and evaluating gaps.
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Rohin Parkar
Spintly | April 21
Rohin Parkar is Co-Founder & CEO of Spintly, building BLE-mesh wireless access control. Spintly has closed $8 Mn Series A (Accel, Feb 2026) with 500+ enterprise clients in India and ~100 in the US.
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Amit Lakhotia
Park Plus | April 19
Amit Lakhotia is the founder of Park+, a super app for car owners that has grown into one of India's largest platforms for parking, access control, FASTag, valet, and more. He joined the show to discuss how Park+ evolved from solving a daily parking problem into a full-stack car-owner platform, and how they hit their first profitable quarter in early 2026.
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Pankaj Parwanda
goSTOPS | April 19
Pankaj Parwanda is the co-founder of goSTOPS, one of India's most recognized backpacker hostel brands. He joined the show to share how a backpacking trip through Europe sparked the insight behind building goSTOPS, and what it really takes to build a large, enduring travel business in India.
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Dilip Kumar
Rainmatter | April 16
Dilip Kumar leads investments at Rainmatter by Zerodha — a ₹1,000 crore perpetual fund that has deployed ₹1,500 crore across 160+ startups in health, fintech, and climate. He joined the show to discuss building a fund that genuinely doesn't chase exits, the thesis behind 40+ health bets, and what the data from India's fitness startups is actually saying about how we live.
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Aman Singh
S45 | April 16
Aman Singh is the co-founder of S45, India's first AI-native investment bank. He joined the show to discuss how S45 is collapsing the IPO process from months to days, what it means to build financial infrastructure from first principles, and why India's mid-market capital opportunity is hiding in plain sight.
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Vishesh Khurana
Shiprocket | April 14
Vishesh Khurana is co-founder of Shiprocket, India's largest eCommerce shipping platform. He led a live masterclass on building products with AI — demoing his daily AI stack (Kimi, Claude, Perplexity Computer/Comet, Replit, Cursor), live-built a community app in under 45 minutes, and shared his personal Slack bot, trading bot, and networking app Cleo.ai — all built solo using AI tools.
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Harshit Yadav
Zingroll | April 12
Harshit Yadav is the founder of Zingroll, an AI-native entertainment platform building YouTube for AI-generated films. Backed by a16z, Accel, and Google AI Futures Fund. Previously a Thiel Fellow Finalist who discovered two asteroids in high school and studied CS at Dartmouth.
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Urmil Bakhai
SatLeo Labs | April 12
Co-founder of SatLeo Labs, a spacetech startup building thermal infrared microsatellite constellation in LEO. Raised $5.5M seed, $42M in LOIs, targeting Q4 2026 launch for first satellite TAPAS-1.
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Ganesh Gopalan
Gnani.ai | April 9
Episode 78 of The Offline Network spans voice AI, venture capital, water-tech, and founder ecosystems—alongside Anthropic’s $30B run-rate and KreditBee’s $280M raise—featuring Ganesh Gopalan (Gnani.ai) on voice-to-voice AI at scale, Avik Ashar (Artha Venture Fund) on early-stage investing, Devarsh Saraf (Bombay Founders’ Club) on building a curated founder community, and Amrit Om Nayak (Indra Water) on scaling wastewater innovation.
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Amrit Om Nayak
Indra Water | April 9
Episode 78 of The Offline Network spans voice AI, venture capital, water-tech, and founder ecosystems—alongside Anthropic’s $30B run-rate and KreditBee’s $280M raise—featuring Ganesh Gopalan (Gnani.ai) on voice-to-voice AI at scale, Avik Ashar (Artha Venture Fund) on early-stage investing, Devarsh Saraf (Bombay Founders’ Club) on building a curated founder community, and Amrit Om Nayak (Indra Water) on scaling wastewater innovation.
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Avik Ashar
Artha Venture Fund | April 9
Episode 78 of The Offline Network spans voice AI, venture capital, water-tech, and founder ecosystems—alongside Anthropic’s $30B run-rate and KreditBee’s $280M raise—featuring Ganesh Gopalan (Gnani.ai) on voice-to-voice AI at scale, Avik Ashar (Artha Venture Fund) on early-stage investing, Devarsh Saraf (Bombay Founders’ Club) on building a curated founder community, and Amrit Om Nayak (Indra Water) on scaling wastewater innovation.
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Devarsh Saraf
Bombay Founders' Club | April 9
Episode 78 of The Offline Network spans voice AI, venture capital, water-tech, and founder ecosystems—alongside Anthropic’s $30B run-rate and KreditBee’s $280M raise—featuring Ganesh Gopalan (Gnani.ai) on voice-to-voice AI at scale, Avik Ashar (Artha Venture Fund) on early-stage investing, Devarsh Saraf (Bombay Founders’ Club) on building a curated founder community, and Amrit Om Nayak (Indra Water) on scaling wastewater innovation.
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Rebhav Bharadwaj
Dodge AI | April 5
This episode explores space-tech infrastructure and enterprise AI automation—featuring Gaurav Seth (CEO & Co-founder, PierSight Space) on building India’s SAR+AIS satellite constellation for ocean monitoring, and Rebhav Bharadwaj (CEO & Co-founder, Dodge AI) on deploying AI agents for SAP ERP maintenance and scaling through the Accel + Google AI Futures Fund Atoms Cohort 2026.
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Gaurav Seth
PierSight Space | April 5
This episode explores space-tech infrastructure and enterprise AI automation—featuring Gaurav Seth (CEO & Co-founder, PierSight Space) on building India’s SAR+AIS satellite constellation for ocean monitoring, and Rebhav Bharadwaj (CEO & Co-founder, Dodge AI) on deploying AI agents for SAP ERP maintenance and scaling through the Accel + Google AI Futures Fund Atoms Cohort 2026.
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Pranit Arora
Univest | April 2
Episode 76 of The Offline Network connects mega AI capital, startup timelines, and applied AI in investing and hardware—covering OpenAI’s $122B round, TBPN’s acquisition, WHOOP’s $575M raise, and AngelList’s Flowmeter—featuring Pratik Sharda (CraftifAI) on agentic AI for firmware and edge systems, and Pranit Arora (Univest) on AI-driven stock advisory for India’s 5M+ retail investors.
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Pratik Sharda
CraftifAI | April 2
Episode 76 of The Offline Network connects mega AI capital, startup timelines, and applied AI in investing and hardware—covering OpenAI’s $122B round, TBPN’s acquisition, WHOOP’s $575M raise, and AngelList’s Flowmeter—featuring Pratik Sharda (CraftifAI) on agentic AI for firmware and edge systems, and Pranit Arora (Univest) on AI-driven stock advisory for India’s 5M+ retail investors.
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Pratyush Rai & Siddhartha Saxena
Merlin AI, Thine | March 31
This episode explores deeptech investing and personal AI—featuring Rishaad Currimjee (GP, Golden Sparrow) on backing India’s frontier startups and building a solo-GP fund, and Pratyush Rai & Siddhartha Saxena (Co-founders, Merlin AI & Thine) on moving beyond a 1M-user product to build ambient, privacy-first personal intelligence.
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Rishaad Currimjee
Golden Sparrow | March 31
This episode explores deeptech investing and personal AI—featuring Rishaad Currimjee (GP, Golden Sparrow) on backing India’s frontier startups and building a solo-GP fund, and Pratyush Rai & Siddhartha Saxena (Co-founders, Merlin AI & Thine) on moving beyond a 1M-user product to build ambient, privacy-first personal intelligence.
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Parth Chadha
STAN | March 29
This episode explores what’s still underbuilt in India—from DPI-led opportunities to gaming communities at scale—featuring Vikram Chachra (Founding Partner, 8i Ventures) on gaps across consumers and SMBs, and Parth Chadha (Founder & CEO, STAN) on building a 30M+ gaming community, monetisation via Gems, and India’s path toward Korea/Japan-scale gaming ecosystems.
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Vikram Chachra
8i Ventures | March 29
This episode explores what’s still underbuilt in India—from DPI-led opportunities to gaming communities at scale—featuring Vikram Chachra (Founding Partner, 8i Ventures) on gaps across consumers and SMBs, and Parth Chadha (Founder & CEO, STAN) on building a 30M+ gaming community, monetisation via Gems, and India’s path toward Korea/Japan-scale gaming ecosystems.
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Niyaz Laiq
Lumikai Fund | March 26
This episode spans AI economics, biotech experimentation, and macro signals—from Sora’s shutdown costs to mRNA DIY breakthroughs and a weakening rupee—featuring Niyaz Laiq (Partner, Lumikai) on India’s $13.8B gaming and interactive media market, microdramas, live commerce, and where value really accrues.
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Siddharth Shetty
Finternet Lab | March 24
This episode connects sports capital, AI capability debates, and digital public infrastructure—featuring Siddharth Shetty (Finternet Lab) on building systems like Account Aggregator and enabling seamless global movement of value.
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Natasha Malpani
Boundless Ventures | March 22
This episode explores the AI value stack—from Elon Musk’s $25B chip fab bet on owning compute to a contrarian take on applications winning—featuring Natasha Malpani (Boundless Ventures) on where the next wave of AI companies will be built.
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Gaurav Baheti
Procol | March 19
This episode looks at two bets—gamifying math and digitising procurement—featuring Sudhanshu Bhatia (Matiks) on building a 3.5 lakh+ user skill-based mental math platform, and Gaurav Baheti (Procol) on managing $20B+ in procurement and layering AI agents to automate decisions.
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Sudhanshu Bhatia
Matiks | March 19
This episode looks at two bets—gamifying math and digitising procurement—featuring Sudhanshu Bhatia (Matiks) on building a 3.5 lakh+ user skill-based mental math platform, and Gaurav Baheti (Procol) on managing $20B+ in procurement and layering AI agents to automate decisions.
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Rishabh Ladha
EPIC World | March 17
This episode connects edtech consolidation, emerging VC power, AI-era sales, and the future of logistics—covering Unacademy × upGrad, Ambition Capital, and Travis Kalanick’s Atoms—featuring Rishabh Ladha (EPIC World / ex-SquadStack) on what drives great enterprise sales in an AI world, and Ankit Kumar (Skye Air Mobility) on scaling drone logistics with millions of autonomous deliveries.
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Aneesh Sheth
Co-founder, Dr. Sheth’s Skincare | March 12
This episode explores two perspectives on building and scaling companies in India—featuring Ashish Kumar (Co-founder, Fundamentum Partnership) on how growth-stage investors evaluate Series B/C companies and what defensible AI businesses from India could look like, and Aneesh Sheth (Co-founder, Dr. Sheth’s Skincare) on building a science-first dermatology brand and the journey after its acquisition by Honasa Consumer.
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Ashish Kumar
Co-founder, Fundamentum Partnership | March 12
This episode explores two perspectives on building and scaling companies in India—featuring Ashish Kumar (Co-founder, Fundamentum Partnership) on how growth-stage investors evaluate Series B/C companies and what defensible AI businesses from India could look like, and Aneesh Sheth (Co-founder, Dr. Sheth’s Skincare) on building a science-first dermatology brand and the journey after its acquisition by Honasa Consumer.
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Harsh Dwivedi and Niket Raj Dwivedi
Co-founders, Medial | March 10
This episode examines where real AI competition is shifting—from a16z’s data showing ChatGPT capturing 87% of AI app usage to Meta’s Moltbook acquisition and the move toward AI embedded in workflows—featuring Harsh Dwivedi and Niket Raj Dwivedi (Co-founders, Medial) on building a 250K-user professional network for India’s tech ecosystem and enabling honest conversations through anonymity.
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Mahesh Muraleedharan
Co-founder, Basil | March 8
This episode brings together three startup stories across AI, urban living, and consumer brands—featuring David Keyes (Co-founder, Loud Echo) on real-time AI ad creative and high-conversion sales calls, Rishabh Agnihotri (Co-founder & CPO, Flent) on premium home rentals with 90–95% occupancy in Bangalore, and Mahesh Muraleedharan (Co-founder, Basil) on scaling a D2C houseware brand from ₹36 Cr ARR toward ₹100 Cr.
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Rishabh Agnihotri
Co-founder & CPO, Flent | March 8
This episode brings together three startup stories across AI, urban living, and consumer brands—featuring David & Daniel Keyes (Co-founder, Loud Echo) on real-time AI ad creative and high-conversion sales calls, Rishabh Agnihotri (Co-founder & CPO, Flent) on premium home rentals with 90–95% occupancy in Bangalore, and Mahesh Muraleedharan (Co-founder, Basil) on scaling a D2C houseware brand from ₹36 Cr ARR toward ₹100 Cr.
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David Keyes & Daniel Keyes
Co-founders, Loud Echo | March 8
This episode brings together three startup stories across AI, urban living, and consumer brands—featuring David & Daniel Keyes (Co-founder, Loud Echo) on real-time AI ad creative and high-conversion sales calls, Rishabh Agnihotri (Co-founder & CPO, Flent) on premium home rentals with 90–95% occupancy in Bangalore, and Mahesh Muraleedharan (Co-founder, Basil) on scaling a D2C houseware brand from ₹36 Cr ARR toward ₹100 Cr.
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Jinal Ajmera & Vivek Ajmera
Co-founders, MYFANDOM | March 5
This healthcare special spans insurance, cancer care, and creator merch—alongside signals on US stocks via GIFT City and capital losses—featuring Abhishek Poddar (Co-founder & CEO, Plum) on India’s cancer insurance gap, Deepak Kumar (Co-founder, Oncare) on community hospital cancer infrastructure, and Jinal & Vivek Ajmera (Co-founders, MYFANDOM) on building the merch layer for India’s creator economy.
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Deepak Kumar
Co-founder, Oncare | March 5
This healthcare special spans insurance, cancer care, and creator merch—alongside signals on US stocks via GIFT City and capital losses—featuring Abhishek Poddar (Co-founder & CEO, Plum) on India’s cancer insurance gap, Deepak Kumar (Co-founder, Oncare) on community hospital cancer infrastructure, and Jinal & Vivek Ajmera (Co-founders, MYFANDOM) on building the merch layer for India’s creator economy.
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Abhishek Poddar
Co-founder & CEO, Plum | March 5
This healthcare special spans insurance, cancer care, and creator merch—alongside signals on US stocks via GIFT City and capital losses—featuring Abhishek Poddar (Co-founder & CEO, Plum) on India’s cancer insurance gap, Deepak Kumar (Co-founder, Oncare) on community hospital cancer infrastructure, and Jinal & Vivek Ajmera (Co-founders, MYFANDOM) on building the merch layer for India’s creator economy.
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Nayrhit B
Gushwork | March 1
This episode spans geopolitics, AI capital, semiconductors, climate tech, and AI-era search—covering OpenAI’s $110B round and Middle East tensions—featuring Amritha Sreekumar (Alt Carbon / Alter Magazine) on climate-tech and India’s handloom sector, Tanay Goel (Garantie) on warranty-tech at scale, Saravana Maruthamuthu (optoML) on analog-in-memory AI chips, and Nayrhit B (Gushwork) on SEO for the AI search era.
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Tanay Goel
Garantie | March 1
This episode spans geopolitics, AI capital, semiconductors, climate tech, and AI-era search—covering OpenAI’s $110B round and Middle East tensions—featuring Amritha Sreekumar (Alt Carbon / Alter Magazine) on climate-tech and India’s handloom sector, Tanay Goel (Garantie) on warranty-tech at scale, Saravana Maruthamuthu (optoML) on analog-in-memory AI chips, and Nayrhit B (Gushwork) on SEO for the AI search era.
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Saravana Maruthamuthu
optoML | March 1
This episode spans geopolitics, AI capital, semiconductors, climate tech, and AI-era search—covering OpenAI’s $110B round and Middle East tensions—featuring Amritha Sreekumar (Alt Carbon / Alter Magazine) on climate-tech and India’s handloom sector, Tanay Goel (Garantie) on warranty-tech at scale, Saravana Maruthamuthu (optoML) on analog-in-memory AI chips, and Nayrhit B (Gushwork) on SEO for the AI search era.
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Sushant Pandey
Prava Payments | February 26
This episode tracks AI compressing jobs, moats, and venture cycles—from Block layoffs and rapid model releases to Peak XV’s new fund—featuring Gouthami T S (AquaAirX) on industrial water recovery, Madhav Garg (Jindal Healthcare) on diagnostics infrastructure, Pratap Narayan Singh (Vervesemi) on India’s semiconductor opportunity, and Shubham Kukreti & Sushant Pandey (Prava Payments) on agentic payments for AI.
#EPISODE 63
Shubham Kukreti
Prava Payments | February 26
This episode tracks AI compressing jobs, moats, and venture cycles—from Block layoffs and rapid model releases to Peak XV’s new fund—featuring Gouthami T S (AquaAirX) on industrial water recovery, Madhav Garg (Jindal Healthcare) on diagnostics infrastructure, Pratap Narayan Singh (Vervesemi) on India’s semiconductor opportunity, and Shubham Kukreti & Sushant Pandey (Prava Payments) on agentic payments for AI.
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Pratap Narayan Singh
Vervesemi | February 26
This episode tracks AI compressing jobs, moats, and venture cycles—from Block layoffs and rapid model releases to Peak XV’s new fund—featuring Gouthami T S (AquaAirX) on industrial water recovery, Madhav Garg (Jindal Healthcare) on diagnostics infrastructure, Pratap Narayan Singh (Vervesemi) on India’s semiconductor opportunity, and Shubham Kukreti & Sushant Pandey (Prava Payments) on agentic payments for AI.
#EPISODE 63
Madhav Garg
Jindal Healthcare | February 26
This episode tracks AI compressing jobs, moats, and venture cycles—from Block layoffs and rapid model releases to Peak XV’s new fund—featuring Gouthami T S (AquaAirX) on industrial water recovery, Madhav Garg (Jindal Healthcare) on diagnostics infrastructure, Pratap Narayan Singh (Vervesemi) on India’s semiconductor opportunity, and Shubham Kukreti & Sushant Pandey (Prava Payments) on agentic payments for AI.
#EPISODE 63
Gouthami T S
AcquaAirX | February 26
This episode tracks AI compressing jobs, moats, and venture cycles—from Block layoffs and rapid model releases to Peak XV’s new fund—featuring Gouthami T S (AquaAirX) on industrial water recovery, Madhav Garg (Jindal Healthcare) on diagnostics infrastructure, Pratap Narayan Singh (Vervesemi) on India’s semiconductor opportunity, and Shubham Kukreti & Sushant Pandey (Prava Payments) on agentic payments for AI.
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Udayan Walvekar
GrowthX | February 24
This episode explores two tectonic shifts—AI agents rewriting enterprise software and Indian fintech scaling globally—featuring Udayan Walvekar (Co-founder & CEO, GrowthX) on AI builders and community-led learning, and Ashwin Bhatnagar (Co-founder, XFlow) on scaling cross-border payments to $1B annualized volume across 15,000+ businesses.
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Vineet Khanna
Supertails | February 22
This episode looks at long venture cycles and long consumer bets—featuring Karthik Reddy (Co-founder & Partner, Blume Ventures) on 15 years of Indian VC, AI froth vs. real businesses, and ecosystem shifts, and Vineet Khanna (Co-founder, Supertails) on pivoting from marketplace to 24/7 vet clinics and building India’s next big pet-care category.
#EPISODE 61
Karthik Reddy
Blume Ventures | February 22
This episode looks at long venture cycles and long consumer bets—featuring Karthik Reddy (Co-founder & Partner, Blume Ventures) on 15 years of Indian VC, AI froth vs. real businesses, and ecosystem shifts, and Vineet Khanna (Co-founder, Supertails) on pivoting from marketplace to 24/7 vet clinics and building India’s next big pet-care category.
#EPISODE 60
Sumit Roy
Six Sense Mobility | February 19
This India AI Week special covers $200B+ global AI pledges, sovereign models, and the policy push positioning India at the center of AI—featuring Sumit Roy (Founder, Six Sense Mobility) on building telematics and connected vehicle hardware in India, deploying 25–30K devices and scaling toward a 1M-unit manufacturing base.
#EPISODE 59
Suhas Sumukh
LocalHost | February 15
This episode explores India’s AI inflection point—from OpenAI’s acqui-hire and a $1.2B Neysa infra bet to 100M weekly ChatGPT users—featuring Aman Goel (Co-founder & CEO, GreyLabs AI) on autonomous voice agents replacing contact-centre work, and Suhas Sumukh (Co-founder & COO, LocalHost) on VC-backed hacker houses and the new builder path.
#EPISODE 59
Aman Goel
GreyLabs AI | February 15
This episode explores India’s AI inflection point—from OpenAI’s acqui-hire and a $1.2B Neysa infra bet to 100M weekly ChatGPT users—featuring Aman Goel (Co-founder & CEO, GreyLabs AI) on autonomous voice agents replacing contact-centre work, and Suhas Sumukh (Co-founder & COO, LocalHost) on VC-backed hacker houses and the new builder path.
#EPISODE 58
Pawan Gupta
Fashinza | February 12
This episode links Anthropic’s $30B mega-round, India’s AI film breakout, and a fashion supply-chain turnaround—featuring Chandan Perla, Hardeep Gambhir & Sanket Shah (invideo AI Film Festival) on AI filmmaking’s rise, Sanket Shah (CEO, invideo) on scaling from $7M to $70M ARR with AI, and Pawan Gupta (CEO & Co-founder, Fashinza) on rebuilding to EBITDA-positive with tech-led apparel exports.
#EPISODE 58
Sanket Shah
invideo | February 12
This episode links Anthropic’s $30B mega-round, India’s AI film breakout, and a fashion supply-chain turnaround—featuring Chandan Perla, Hardeep Gambhir & Sanket Shah (invideo AI Film Festival) on AI filmmaking’s rise, Sanket Shah (CEO, invideo) on scaling from $7M to $70M ARR with AI, and Pawan Gupta (CEO & Co-founder, Fashinza) on rebuilding to EBITDA-positive with tech-led apparel exports.
#EPISODE 57
Rahul Chowdhri
Stellaris VC | February 10
This episode spans AI lab instability, early-stage venture conviction, and new-age consumer brands—featuring Yash Goyal (Co-founder & CEO, Krvvy) on scaling a D2C innerwear brand, Rahul Chowdhri (Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners) on founder-first, business-plan stage investing, and Akriti Gupta (Founder & CEO, Loopie) on building premium parenting brands with trust and tight unit economics.
#EPISODE 57
Akriti Gupta
Loopie | February 10
This episode spans AI lab instability, early-stage venture conviction, and new-age consumer brands—featuring Yash Goyal (Co-founder & CEO, Krvvy) on scaling a D2C innerwear brand, Rahul Chowdhri (Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners) on founder-first, business-plan stage investing, and Akriti Gupta (Founder & CEO, Loopie) on building premium parenting brands with trust and tight unit economics.
#EPISODE 57
Yash Goyal
Krvvy | February 10
This episode spans AI lab instability, early-stage venture conviction, and new-age consumer brands—featuring Yash Goyal (Co-founder & CEO, Krvvy) on scaling a D2C innerwear brand, Rahul Chowdhri (Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners) on founder-first, business-plan stage investing, and Akriti Gupta (Founder & CEO, Loopie) on building premium parenting brands with trust and tight unit economics.
#EPISODE 56
Shashank Mehta
The Whole Truth Foods | February 8
This episode explores culture, trust, and branding at scale—from the Super Bowl “AI Bowl” and $600M ad backlash to building honest consumer brands—featuring Shashank Mehta (Co-founder & CEO, The Whole Truth Foods) on clean-label products, fixing protein supply chains, and the real cost of trust.
#EPISODE 55
Vivek Sinha
Emversity | February 6
This episode unpacks Alphabet’s $180B AI CapEx bet, India’s new deep-tech startup category, and the ChatGPT vs Claude ads split—featuring Mark Kahn (Managing Partner, Omnivore) on building real agritech value, and Vivek Sinha (Founder & CEO, Emversity) on scaling outcome-led, on-the-job learning.
#EPISODE 55
Mark Kahn
Omnivore | February 6
This episode unpacks Alphabet’s $180B AI CapEx bet, India’s new deep-tech startup category, and the ChatGPT vs Claude ads split—featuring Mark Kahn (Managing Partner, Omnivore) on building real agritech value, and Vivek Sinha (Founder & CEO, Emversity) on scaling outcome-led, on-the-job learning.
#EPISODE 54
Mayank Jain
Cleevo | February 3
This episode unpacks SpaceX acquiring xAI and what it signals for AI, compute, and capital at planetary scale—alongside shifts in India’s venture ecosystem, exits, and LP returns—featuring Mayank Jain (Co-founder, Cleevo) on building an affordable, mass-market sustainable brand amid quick-commerce chaos and Tier-2/3 realities.
#EPISODE 53
Arun Kumar Gandlur
AngelList India | February 1
This episode spans Budget 2026 signals, unsettling AI systems, and fast consumer-brand building—featuring Arun Kumar Gandlur & Srijan Shetty on separating Moltbook hype from reality and the likely future of agent social systems, and Aparna Saxena (Founder & CEO, Antinorm) on scaling a Gen-Z beauty brand to ₹1 Cr/month and what her ₹28 Cr seed enables next.
#EPISODE 53
Srijan Shetty
Fuze | February 1
This episode spans Budget 2026 signals, unsettling AI systems, and fast consumer-brand building—featuring Arun Kumar Gandlur & Srijan Shetty on separating Moltbook hype from reality and the likely future of agent social systems, and Aparna Saxena (Founder & CEO, Antinorm) on scaling a Gen-Z beauty brand to ₹1 Cr/month and what her ₹28 Cr seed enables next.
#EPISODE 53
Aparna Saxena
Antinorm | February 1
This episode spans Budget 2026 signals, unsettling AI systems, and fast consumer-brand building—featuring Arun Kumar Gandlur & Srijan Shetty on separating Moltbook hype from reality and the likely future of agent social systems, and Aparna Saxena (Founder & CEO, Antinorm) on scaling a Gen-Z beauty brand to ₹1 Cr/month and what her ₹28 Cr seed enables next.
#EPISODE 52
Prasanna Rao
Arya.ag | January 29
This episode explores two hard problems India is quietly solving at scale—post-harvest agriculture and voice AI—alongside Economic Survey signals, featuring Prasanna Rao & Anand Chandra (Co-founders, Arya.ag) on building a profitable agri-infra platform across warehousing, finance, and trading, and Prateek Sachan (Founder, Bolna) on India’s voice AI infrastructure, full-duplex conversations, and scaling from 1,500 to 200,000 daily calls.
#EPISODE 51
Prateek Sachan
Bolna | January 29
This episode explores two hard problems India is quietly solving at scale—post-harvest agriculture and voice AI—alongside Economic Survey signals, featuring Prasanna Rao & Anand Chandra (Co-founders, Arya.ag) on building a profitable agri-infra platform across warehousing, finance, and trading, and Prateek Sachan (Founder, Bolna) on India’s voice AI infrastructure, full-duplex conversations, and scaling from 1,500 to 200,000 daily calls.
#EPISODE 51
Anand Chandra
Arya.ag | January 29
This episode explores two hard problems India is quietly solving at scale—post-harvest agriculture and voice AI—alongside Economic Survey signals, featuring Prasanna Rao & Anand Chandra (Co-founders, Arya.ag) on building a profitable agri-infra platform across warehousing, finance, and trading, and Prateek Sachan (Founder, Bolna) on India’s voice AI infrastructure, full-duplex conversations, and scaling from 1,500 to 200,000 daily calls.
#EPISODE 51
Shiv Sharma
StockTwits | January 27
This episode tracks three quiet resets in India’s startup ecosystem—logistics consolidation, carbon-market trust, and retail investing platforms—anchored by Shadowfax’s IPO and Titan Capital’s 158× win, with Abhimanyu Rathi (Founder & CEO, RenewCred) on rebuilding carbon credit markets, Anurag Sheth (Co-founder, For Real) on e-commerce liquidation economics, and Shiv Sharma (Former President, StockTwits) on scaling global retail-investing communities.
#EPISODE 51
Anurag Sheth
For Real | January 27
This episode tracks three quiet resets in India’s startup ecosystem—logistics consolidation, carbon-market trust, and retail investing platforms—anchored by Shadowfax’s IPO and Titan Capital’s 158× win, with Abhimanyu Rathi (Founder & CEO, RenewCred) on rebuilding carbon credit markets, Anurag Sheth (Co-founder, For Real) on e-commerce liquidation economics, and Shiv Sharma (Former President, StockTwits) on scaling global retail-investing communities.
#EPISODE 51
Abhimanyu Rathi
RenewCred | January 27
This episode tracks three quiet resets in India’s startup ecosystem—logistics consolidation, carbon-market trust, and retail investing platforms—anchored by Shadowfax’s IPO and Titan Capital’s 158× win, with Abhimanyu Rathi (Founder & CEO, RenewCred) on rebuilding carbon credit markets, Anurag Sheth (Co-founder, For Real) on e-commerce liquidation economics, and Shiv Sharma (Former President, StockTwits) on scaling global retail-investing communities.
#EPISODE 50
Suryansh Tibarewal
Essentially Sports | January 25
This Republic Day special looks at where India is quietly building global advantage—from space access to niche media—covering UPI’s Japan entry, Emergent’s $70M Series B, and the India–EU FTA, with Manu J. Nair (Co-founder & CEO, EtherealX) on India’s reusable rockets and $130M+ launch contracts, and Suryansh Tibarewal (Co-founder & Growth Lead, EssentiallySports) on scaling niche media from 1M to 60M page views and building a US-first content business.
#EPISODE 50
Manu J. Nair
EtherealX | January 25
This Republic Day special looks at where India is quietly building global advantage—from space access to niche media—covering UPI’s Japan entry, Emergent’s $70M Series B, and the India–EU FTA, with Manu J. Nair (Co-founder & CEO, EtherealX) on India’s reusable rockets and $130M+ launch contracts, and Suryansh Tibarewal (Co-founder & Growth Lead, EssentiallySports) on scaling niche media from 1M to 60M page views and building a US-first content business.
#EPISODE 49
Khushboo Jain
Carepal Group | January 22
This episode spans consumer brands, early-stage capital, and healthcare crowdfunding—news on Deepinder Goyal stepping back and Capital One’s $5.15B Brex deal—featuring Arjun Singh (Co-founder, Gully Labs) on manifesto-first brand building, Sanil Sachar (Partner, Huddle Ventures) on pre-seed conviction, and Piyush Jain & Khushboo Jain (Carepal Group / ImpactGuru) on scaling healthcare crowdfunding with trust and UPI.
#EPISODE 49
Piyush Jain
Carepal Group | January 22
This episode spans consumer brands, early-stage capital, and healthcare crowdfunding—news on Deepinder Goyal stepping back and Capital One’s $5.15B Brex deal—featuring Arjun Singh (Co-founder, Gully Labs) on manifesto-first brand building, Sanil Sachar (Partner, Huddle Ventures) on pre-seed conviction, and Piyush Jain & Khushboo Jain (Carepal Group / ImpactGuru) on scaling healthcare crowdfunding with trust and UPI.
#EPISODE 49
Sanil Sachar
Huddle Ventures | January 22
This episode spans consumer brands, early-stage capital, and healthcare crowdfunding—news on Deepinder Goyal stepping back and Capital One’s $5.15B Brex deal—featuring Arjun Singh (Co-founder, Gully Labs) on manifesto-first brand building, Sanil Sachar (Partner, Huddle Ventures) on pre-seed conviction, and Piyush Jain & Khushboo Jain (Carepal Group / ImpactGuru) on scaling healthcare crowdfunding with trust and UPI.
#EPISODE 49
Arjun Singh
Gully Labs | January 22
This episode spans consumer brands, early-stage capital, and healthcare crowdfunding—news on Deepinder Goyal stepping back and Capital One’s $5.15B Brex deal—featuring Arjun Singh (Co-founder, Gully Labs) on manifesto-first brand building, Sanil Sachar (Partner, Huddle Ventures) on pre-seed conviction, and Piyush Jain & Khushboo Jain (Carepal Group / ImpactGuru) on scaling healthcare crowdfunding with trust and UPI.
#EPISODE 48
Anshul Bhide
Calsoft | January 18
Today’s show covers OpenAI’s ads push and $20B+ ARR, Anthropic’s $25B round, AI-driven content flattening, and the Ozempic ripple effect—plus conversations with Anmol Maini (General Partner, Untitled Ventures) on BARBIE founders and India’s venture trade-offs, and Anshul Bhide (Executive Director, Calsoft) on separating enterprise AI reality from hype.
#EPISODE 47
Vaishal Dalal
Excellent Publicity | January 15
National Startup Day special spans manufacturing, real estate, and advertising—news on Tiger Global’s Flipkart tax ruling, OpenAI’s $250M+ Merge Labs bet, the F1 sponsorship boom, and a16z culture signals—featuring Subin Mitra (Co-founder & CEO, Groyyo) on scaling SME manufacturing and exports, Abhilash Narahari (Co-founder & CEO, Ivy Homes) on fast-turn home resale economics, and Vaishal Dalal (Chairman & Co-founder, Excellent Publicity) on the new playbook for outdoor advertising.
#EPISODE 47
Abhilash Narahari
Ivy Homes | January 15
National Startup Day special spans manufacturing, real estate, and advertising—news on Tiger Global’s Flipkart tax ruling, OpenAI’s $250M+ Merge Labs bet, the F1 sponsorship boom, and a16z culture signals—featuring Subin Mitra (Co-founder & CEO, Groyyo) on scaling SME manufacturing and exports, Abhilash Narahari (Co-founder & CEO, Ivy Homes) on fast-turn home resale economics, and Vaishal Dalal (Chairman & Co-founder, Excellent Publicity) on the new playbook for outdoor advertising.
#EPISODE 47
Subin Mitra
Groyyo | January 15
National Startup Day special spans manufacturing, real estate, and advertising—news on Tiger Global’s Flipkart tax ruling, OpenAI’s $250M+ Merge Labs bet, the F1 sponsorship boom, and a16z culture signals—featuring Subin Mitra (Co-founder & CEO, Groyyo) on scaling SME manufacturing and exports, Abhilash Narahari (Co-founder & CEO, Ivy Homes) on fast-turn home resale economics, and Vaishal Dalal (Chairman & Co-founder, Excellent Publicity) on the new playbook for outdoor advertising.
#EPISODE 46
Akhil Bhiwal
Phyllo | January 13
This episode connects AI tooling, early-stage capital, and the creator economy—Anthropic’s Cowork, Tamil Nadu’s sovereign AI park, and quick-commerce scrutiny—featuring Gautam Shewakramani (Co-founder & Partner, Inuka Capital) on operator-led pre-seed investing, and Akhil Bhiwal (Founder & CEO, Phyllo) on building the data layer powering creator monetization beyond ads.
#EPISODE 46
Gautam Shewakramani
Inuka Capital | January 13
This episode connects AI tooling, early-stage capital, and the creator economy—Anthropic’s Cowork, Tamil Nadu’s sovereign AI park, and quick-commerce scrutiny—featuring Gautam Shewakramani (Co-founder & Partner, Inuka Capital) on operator-led pre-seed investing, and Akhil Bhiwal (Founder & CEO, Phyllo) on building the data layer powering creator monetization beyond ads.
#EPISODE 45
Krishnakumar Natarajan
Mela Ventures | January 11
Today’s episode spans venture concentration, aerospace, and enduring company-building—news on the UpGrad–Unacademy deal collapse, India’s ultra-low-cost AI training, CES 2026 signals, agentic commerce, and TikTok × FIFA; guests: Anmol Maini (General Partner, Untitled Ventures) on consensus vs contrarian capital, Shreepoorna Rao (Founder & CEO, Arctus Aerospace) on high-altitude autonomous drones and real-time aerial data, and Krishnakumar Natarajan (Managing Partner, Mela Ventures; ex-Mindtree) on patient capital and scaling Indian firms in an AI-first era.
#EPISODE 45
Shreepoorna Rao
Arctus | January 11
This episode spans venture concentration, aerospace, and enduring company-building—news on the UpGrad–Unacademy deal collapse, India’s ultra-low-cost AI training, CES 2026 signals, agentic commerce, and TikTok × FIFA; guests: Anmol Maini (General Partner, Untitled Ventures) on consensus vs contrarian capital, Shreepoorna Rao (Founder & CEO, Arctus Aerospace) on high-altitude autonomous drones and real-time aerial data, and Krishnakumar Natarajan (Managing Partner, Mela Ventures; ex-Mindtree) on patient capital and scaling Indian firms in an AI-first era.
#EPISODE 45
Anmol Maini
Untitled Ventures | January 11
This episode spans venture concentration, aerospace, and enduring company-building—news on the UpGrad–Unacademy deal collapse, India’s ultra-low-cost AI training, CES 2026 signals, agentic commerce, and TikTok × FIFA; guests: Anmol Maini (General Partner, Untitled Ventures) on consensus vs contrarian capital, Shreepoorna Rao (Founder & CEO, Arctus Aerospace) on high-altitude autonomous drones and real-time aerial data, and Krishnakumar Natarajan (Managing Partner, Mela Ventures; ex-Mindtree) on patient capital and scaling Indian firms in an AI-first era.
#EPISODE 44
Aditya Uthappa
Accorian | January 8
The first episode of 2026 sets the tone with manufacturing, healthcare, and security signals shaping India: Neal Thakker (Founder & CEO, Magma) on scaling factory ops, AI-driven manufacturing, green economics, and China+1 realities; Mayank Banerjee (Co-founder, Even Healthcare) on subscription healthcare, GLP-1s vs outcomes, and AI-led prevention; and Aditya Uthappa (Co-founder, Accorian & GoRICO) on real-world cyber risk, compliance in the age of AI, and DPDPA readiness for startups.
#EPISODE 44
Mayank Banerjee
Even Healthcare | January 8
The first episode of 2026 sets the tone with manufacturing, healthcare, and security signals shaping India: Neal Thakker (Founder & CEO, Magma) on scaling factory ops, AI-driven manufacturing, green economics, and China+1 realities; Mayank Banerjee (Co-founder, Even Healthcare) on subscription healthcare, GLP-1s vs outcomes, and AI-led prevention; and Aditya Uthappa (Co-founder, Accorian & GoRICO) on real-world cyber risk, compliance in the age of AI, and DPDPA readiness for startups.
#EPISODE 42
Utkarsh Kawatra
myHQ | December 16
Today’s episode unpacks how India works today and why flexible workspaces are becoming default—plus internet takes on space compute and storytelling on X; guest: Utkarsh Kawatra (Co-founder, myHQ) on myHQ’s city footprint, membership economics, post-Anarock shifts, and designing offices for flexibility-first teams.
#EPISODE 41
Prateek Mehta
South Park Commons | December 14
Today’s episode spans AI search, content moats, and early-founder thinking—plus SpaceX’s ~$800B tender—featuring Anirudh Singla (Founder & CEO, Pepper) on rewriting SEO for AI answers, real moats in infinite content, and AI-native marketing orgs, and Prateek Mehta (General Partner, South Park Commons India) on Minus One, founder selection, and building enduring companies from day zero.
#EPISODE 41
Anirudh Singla
Pepper | December 14
Today’s episode spans AI search, content moats, and early-founder thinking—plus SpaceX’s ~$800B tender—featuring Anirudh Singla (Founder & CEO, Pepper) on rewriting SEO for AI answers, real moats in infinite content, and AI-native marketing orgs, and Prateek Mehta (General Partner, South Park Commons India) on Minus One, founder selection, and building enduring companies from day zero.
#EPISODE 40
Himanshu Dubey
Upsurge Labs | December 11
Today’s episode tracks the capital + compute shift for AI builders—SoftBank’s return, OpenAI at 10, and Amazon’s $35B India bet—plus guest deep dives with Manthan Gupta on LLM architecture, memory vs RAG limits, and where this breaks, and Himanshu Dubey (Upsurge Labs / Ground Zero) on shipping and killing products fast, finding first 10× wedges, and the AI × on-chain frontier.
#EPISODE 40
Manthan Gupta
Builders in AI | December 11
Today’s episode tracks the capital + compute shift for AI builders—SoftBank’s return, OpenAI at 10, and Amazon’s $35B India bet—plus guest deep dives with Manthan Gupta on LLM architecture, memory vs RAG limits, and where this breaks, and Himanshu Dubey (Upsurge Labs / Ground Zero) on shipping and killing products fast, finding first 10× wedges, and the AI × on-chain frontier.
#EPISODE 39
Hemant Mohapatra
Lightspeed India | December 9
The episode links India’s AI wins, a global capital reset, and real-asset innovation—Google’s AI Futures Fund backing Emergent, Tiger Global’s $2.2B cautious fund, Microsoft’s $17.5B India bet, and the Paramount–WBD bid; guests: Hemant Mohapatra — Partner, Lightspeed India — on why India-led deep tech still matters, Saket Agarwal — Founder & CEO, Onnivation — on building US/Israel→India bridges, and Shiv Parekh — Founder, hBits — on fractional real estate and SM-REITs reshaping property investing.
#EPISODE 39
Saket Agarwal
Onnivation | December 9
The episode links India’s AI wins, a global capital reset, and real-asset innovation—Google’s AI Futures Fund backing Emergent, Tiger Global’s $2.2B cautious fund, Microsoft’s $17.5B India bet, and the Paramount–WBD bid; guests: Hemant Mohapatra — Partner, Lightspeed India — on why India-led deep tech still matters, Saket Agarwal — Founder & CEO, Onnivation — on building US/Israel→India bridges, and Shiv Parekh — Founder, hBits — on fractional real estate and SM-REITs reshaping property investing.
#EPISODE 39
Shiv Parekh
hBits | December 9
Today’s episode links India’s AI wins, a global capital reset, and real-asset innovation—Google’s AI Futures Fund backing Emergent, Tiger Global’s $2.2B cautious fund, Microsoft’s $17.5B India bet, and the Paramount–WBD bid; guests: Hemant Mohapatra — Partner, Lightspeed India — on why India-led deep tech still matters, Saket Agarwal — Founder & CEO, Onnivation — on building US/Israel→India bridges, and Shiv Parekh — Founder, hBits — on fractional real estate and SM-REITs reshaping property investing.
#EPISODE 38
Jacob Singh
Sing One Song | December 7
This episode is a deep dive on AI, tech, and startups with Jacob Singh (Sing One Song) on what he’s building next, why music, designing products people open daily, scaling Blinkit from $40M to $600M, cutting attrition from 80% to 5%, and building high-performance engineering cultures.
#EPISODE 37
Aakrit vaish
Activate | December 4
Episode 37 links an AI-native publisher and a homegrown AI fund with moves in compute, capital, and culture—Nexus’s $700M Fund VIII, Tata–OpenAI 500MW HyperVault talks, Peak XV holdings math, OpenAI ads, and the Netflix–WBD bid; guests: Anurag Choudhary — Founder & CEO, Felicity — on APAC-scale hit design and IP; Aakrit Vaish — AI Investor, Activate — on building India’s native AI institution across the stack.
#EPISODE 37
Anurag Choudhary
Felicity | December 4
Episode 37 links an AI-native publisher and a homegrown AI fund with moves in compute, capital, and culture—Nexus’s $700M Fund VIII, Tata–OpenAI 500MW HyperVault talks, Peak XV holdings math, OpenAI ads, and the Netflix–WBD bid; guests: Anurag Choudhary — Founder & CEO, Felicity — on APAC-scale hit design and IP; Aakrit Vaish — AI Investor, Activate — on building India’s native AI institution across the stack.
#EPISODE 36
Arjun Malhotra
Good Capital | December 2
Episode 36 links Meesho’s IPO and India’s “intermediaries win” thesis with the week’s AI discourse—Garry Tan × Zoho on vibe-coding vs bundled SaaS, OpenAI’s “code red” shift to ChatGPT quality/reasoning, and Travis Kalanick’s eXtremeGammon sidequest; guest: Arjun Malhotra — General Partner, Good Capital — on what Meesho’s listing validates, spotting AI-native vs AI-washed, and why intermediaries compound in low-trust, high-touch India.
#EPISODE 35
Tina Balachandran
LightFury Games | November 30
Episode 35 connects India’s mobility flywheel with a homegrown AAA push; Rishikesh SR — Co-founder, Rapido — on 100%+ YoY growth, flat-fee captain earnings/loyalty, gig-policy shifts, Bengaluru’s bike-taxi rebound, Tier-2/3 expansion, food delivery, and an EV-forward thesis; Tina Balachandran — CPO & Co-founder, LightFury Games — on India-first AAA bets, AI stack/gaps, E-cricket 2026, mobile-first design, and building an AAA export hub.
#EPISODE 35
Rishikesh SR
Rapido | November 30
Episode 35 connects India’s mobility flywheel with a homegrown AAA push; Rishikesh SR — Co-founder, Rapido — on 100%+ YoY growth, flat-fee captain earnings/loyalty, gig-policy shifts, Bengaluru’s bike-taxi rebound, Tier-2/3 expansion, food delivery, and an EV-forward thesis; Tina Balachandran — CPO & Co-founder, LightFury Games — on India-first AAA bets, AI stack/gaps, E-cricket 2026, mobile-first design, and building an AAA export hub.
#EPISODE 33
Ashish Lath
SaveSage | November 25
Episode 33 links fresh AI capital and policy with the compute shift: Google×Accel to back India AI founders (up to $2M), India formally recognizing ~12M gig workers (1–2% platform revenue), “Nine Indias” income split, the White House’s Genesis Mission, and Google’s Ironwood TPUs; guests: Dhruv Pathak — Co-founder & CTO, INDmoney — on scaling a 10M+ net-worth app and the next 10M, and Ashish Lath — Founder & CEO, SaveSage — on turning credit-card and loyalty points into real savings at scale.
#EPISODE 33
Dhruv Pathak
INDmoney | November 25
Episode 33 links fresh AI capital and policy with the compute shift: Google×Accel to back India AI founders (up to $2M), India formally recognizing ~12M gig workers (1–2% platform revenue), “Nine Indias” income split, the White House’s Genesis Mission, and Google’s Ironwood TPUs; guests: Dhruv Pathak — Co-founder & CTO, INDmoney — on scaling a 10M+ net-worth app and the next 10M, and Ashish Lath — Founder & CEO, SaveSage — on turning credit-card and loyalty points into real savings at scale.
#EPISODE 32
Nitin Jain
OfBusiness | November 23
Episode 32 links India’s SME commerce + credit flywheel with a healthier $2B noodles play; Nitin Jain — Co-founder, OfBusiness — on scaling India’s largest SME commerce/credit platform; Bhuman Dani — Founder & CEO, WickedGud — on building better-for-you noodles; supported by Smartworks, India’s largest managed office platform.
#EPISODE 32
Bhuman Dani
WickedGud | November 23
Episode 32 links India’s SME commerce + credit flywheel with a healthier $2B noodles play; Nitin Jain — Co-founder, OfBusiness — on scaling India’s largest SME commerce/credit platform; Bhuman Dani — Founder & CEO, WickedGud — on building better-for-you noodles; supported by Smartworks, India’s largest managed office platform.
#EPISODE 31
Shivam Singla
Leegality | November 20
Episode 31 links India’s digital paperwork rails with a design-first eyewear playbook; news: Wispr Flow’s $25M A2, Bernstein’s Swiggy/Eternal call and QC outlook, Google’s Nano Banana Pro, Meta’s SAM 3D, and the “Sam’s memo” discourse; guests: Shivam Singla — Founder, Leegality — on agentic, paperless BFSI workflows; Abhinav Agarwal — Founder & CEO, ELUNO — on building a premium eyewear brand and lessons from the HSR experience centre.
#EPISODE 31
Srijan Mahajan
The Daily Bureau | November 20
Episode 31 links India’s digital paperwork rails with a design-first eyewear playbook; news: Wispr Flow’s $25M A2, Bernstein’s Swiggy/Eternal call and QC outlook, Google’s Nano Banana Pro, Meta’s SAM 3D, and the “Sam’s memo” discourse; guests: Shivam Singla — Founder, Leegality — on agentic, paperless BFSI workflows; Abhinav Agarwal — Founder & CEO, ELUNO — on building a premium eyewear brand and lessons from the HSR experience centre.
#EPISODE 31
Abhinav Agarwal
ELUNO | November 20
Episode 31 links India’s digital paperwork rails with a design-first eyewear playbook; news: Wispr Flow’s $25M A2, Bernstein’s Swiggy/Eternal call and QC outlook, Google’s Nano Banana Pro, Meta’s SAM 3D, and the “Sam’s memo” discourse; guests: Shivam Singla — Founder, Leegality — on agentic, paperless BFSI workflows; Abhinav Agarwal — Founder & CEO, ELUNO — on building a premium eyewear brand and lessons from the HSR experience centre.
#EPISODE 30
Varun Khona
Headout | November 18
Episode 30 covers founder playbooks across gaming, social commerce, and global experiences; news: Cloudflare’s outage, Jeff Bezos’ $6.2B Project Prometheus, Google’s Gemini 3 + Antigravity, and a Microsoft–Anthropic–NVIDIA enterprise AI tie-up; guests: Salone Sehgal — Founder & Managing Partner, Lumikai Fund — on India’s gaming/interactive media; Shlok Bhartiya — Founder & CEO, shoppin’ — on social+AI+commerce rails; Varun Khona — Co-founder & CEO, Headout — on taking experiences global.
#EPISODE 30
Shlok Bhartiya
Shoppin' | November 18
Episode 30 covers founder playbooks across gaming, social commerce, and global experiences; news: Cloudflare’s outage, Jeff Bezos’ $6.2B Project Prometheus, Google’s Gemini 3 + Antigravity, and a Microsoft–Anthropic–NVIDIA enterprise AI tie-up; guests: Salone Sehgal — Founder & Managing Partner, Lumikai Fund — on India’s gaming/interactive media; Shlok Bhartiya — Founder & CEO, shoppin’ — on social+AI+commerce rails; Varun Khona — Co-founder & CEO, Headout — on taking experiences global.
#EPISODE 30
Salone Sehgal
Lumikai Fund | November 18
Episode 30 covers founder playbooks across gaming, social commerce, and global experiences; news: Cloudflare’s outage, Jeff Bezos’ $6.2B Project Prometheus, Google’s Gemini 3 + Antigravity, and a Microsoft–Anthropic–NVIDIA enterprise AI tie-up; guests: Salone Sehgal — Founder & Managing Partner, Lumikai Fund — on India’s gaming/interactive media; Shlok Bhartiya — Founder & CEO, shoppin’ — on social+AI+commerce rails; Varun Khona — Co-founder & CEO, Headout — on taking experiences global.
#EPISODE 29
Sahil Gupta
MyMuse | November 16
Episode 29 connects India’s D2C scaling playbook with mainstream wellness; Revant Bhate (CEO, Mosaic Wellness) on portfolio mechanics, Tier-2/3 adoption, and creator/AI/quick-commerce takeaways; Sahil Gupta (Co-founder, MyMuse) on normalizing sexual wellness, profitability, and what drives a $2B+ category; plus a 2025 D2C toolkit—healthy engines and CAC/ROAS guardrails.
#EPISODE 29
Revant Bhate
Mosaic Wellness | November 16
Episode 29 connects India’s D2C scaling playbook with mainstream wellness; Revant Bhate (CEO, Mosaic Wellness) on portfolio mechanics, Tier-2/3 adoption, and creator/AI/quick-commerce takeaways; Sahil Gupta (Co-founder, MyMuse) on normalizing sexual wellness, profitability, and what drives a $2B+ category; plus a 2025 D2C toolkit—healthy engines and CAC/ROAS guardrails.
#EPISODE 28
Abhishek Nag
360 ONE Asset | November 13
Episode 28 links Pine Labs’ ~₹3,900 cr debut, Elad Gil’s ~$3B fund, Burry closing Scion, Cursor’s $2.3B Series D, and Parallel’s $100M A to MSME and early-stage rails; Aditya Tulsian — Co-founder & CEO, axiTrust; Co-founder, NH1 Design — on surety bonds vs bank guarantees; Abhishek Nag — Head of Early Stage VC, 360 ONE Asset — on day-zero bets and India’s venture stack.
#EPISODE 28
Aditya Tulsian
axiTrust | November 13
Episode 28 links Pine Labs’ ~₹3,900 cr debut, Elad Gil’s ~$3B fund, Burry closing Scion, Cursor’s $2.3B Series D, and Parallel’s $100M A to MSME and early-stage rails; Aditya Tulsian — Co-founder & CEO, axiTrust; Co-founder, NH1 Design — on surety bonds vs bank guarantees; Abhishek Nag — Head of Early Stage VC, 360 ONE Asset — on day-zero bets and India’s venture stack.
#EPISODE 27
Anubhav Jain
Rupifi | November 11
Episode 27 links Groww’s post-₹6,632 cr listing, SoftBank’s $5.83B Nvidia exit, and Buffett’s farewell to modern banking rails; Priyanka Kanwar (Co-founder & CEO, Falcon) on faster, controlled core/payments; Anubhav Jain (Co-founder & CEO, Rupifi) on embedded checkout, working-capital pipes, and the API↔risk handshake.
#EPISODE 27
Priyanka Kanwar
Falcon | November 11
Episode 27 links Groww’s post-₹6,632 cr listing, SoftBank’s $5.83B Nvidia exit, and Buffett’s farewell to modern banking rails; Priyanka Kanwar (Co-founder & CEO, Falcon) on faster, controlled core/payments; Anubhav Jain (Co-founder & CEO, Rupifi) on embedded checkout, working-capital pipes, and the API↔risk handshake.
#EPISODE 26
Rumit Dugar
BlueStone | November 9
Episode 26 tracks cross-border payments and BlueStone’s omni-scale/post-IPO, plus internet highlights—Hummingbird’s BillionToOne investment, Sam Altman’s tweet, and PJ on “pre-unicorn status.” Guests: Ashwin Bhatnagar — Co-founder, Xflow; Rumit Dugar — CFO, BlueStone.
#EPISODE 26
Ashwin Bhatnagar
Xflow | November 9
Episode 26 tracks cross-border payments and BlueStone’s omni-scale/post-IPO, plus internet highlights—Hummingbird’s BillionToOne investment, Sam Altman’s tweet, and PJ on “pre-unicorn status.” Guests: Ashwin Bhatnagar — Co-founder, Xflow; Rumit Dugar — CFO, BlueStone.
#EPISODE 25
Ashish Shah
Pepperfry | November 6
Episode 25 spans AI filmmaking and India’s IPO season—PhysicsWallah’s ₹3,480 Cr filing, Pine Labs Day-1 buzz, and an NVIDIA–Qualcomm–Activate deep-tech alliance. Guests: Chandan Perla & Hardeep Gambhir — Co-hosts, Mumbai AI Film Festival; Ashish Shah — Co-founder, Pepperfry.
#EPISODE 24
Sumit Gupta
CoinDCX | November 4
Episode 24 tracks India’s IPO rush (Pine Labs, Groww, Lenskart), sustainable-consumption plays, and a maturing crypto economy—plus internet highlights from Google’s Suncatcher to GLP-1’s impact on food delivery. Guests: Sumit Gupta — Co-founder & CEO, CoinDCX; Aditya Ruia — Co-founder, Beco; Nikunj Biyani — Co-founder, SuperYou.
#EPISODE 24
Nikunj Biyani
SuperYou | November 4
Episode 24 tracks India’s IPO rush (Pine Labs, Groww, Lenskart), sustainable-consumption plays, and a maturing crypto economy—plus internet highlights from Google’s Suncatcher to GLP-1’s impact on food delivery. Guests: Sumit Gupta — Co-founder & CEO, CoinDCX; Aditya Ruia — Co-founder, Beco; Nikunj Biyani — Co-founder, SuperYou.
#EPISODE 24
Aditya Ruia
Beco | November 4
Episode 24 tracks India’s IPO rush (Pine Labs, Groww, Lenskart), sustainable-consumption plays, and a maturing crypto economy—plus internet highlights from Google’s Suncatcher to GLP-1’s impact on food delivery. Guests: Sumit Gupta — Co-founder & CEO, CoinDCX; Aditya Ruia — Co-founder, Beco; Nikunj Biyani — Co-founder, SuperYou.
#EPISODE 23
Nakul Gupta
Multipli | November 2
Episode 23 links frontier AI, travel monetization, and on-chain payments—From Grok’s feel and cheaper inference to ancillaries-as-profit and stablecoins in daily spend. Guests: Gaurav Jain (xAI); Ankit Sawant, Co-founder & CEO, OnArrival; Nakul Gupta, Co-founder & CBO, Multipli.
#EPISODE 23
Ankit Sawant
OnArrival | November 2
Episode 23 links frontier AI, travel monetization, and on-chain payments—From Grok’s feel and cheaper inference to ancillaries-as-profit and stablecoins in daily spend. Guests: Gaurav Jain (xAI); Ankit Sawant, Co-founder & CEO, OnArrival; Nakul Gupta, Co-founder & CBO, Multipli.
#EPISODE 23
Gaurav Jain
xAI | November 2
Episode 23 links frontier AI, travel monetization, and on-chain payments—From Grok’s feel and cheaper inference to ancillaries-as-profit and stablecoins in daily spend. Guests: Gaurav Jain (xAI); Ankit Sawant, Co-founder & CEO, OnArrival; Nakul Gupta, Co-founder & CBO, Multipli.
#EPISODE 22
Ankit Maheshwari
Innovaccer | October 30
Episode 22 spotlights India’s equity and health-tech infrastructure with deep dives on ownership playbooks and agentic AI in healthcare. Guests: Kashish Sharma (CEO, EquityList) and Ankit Maheshwari (CTO & Founding Team Member, Innovaccer).
#EPISODE 22
Kashish Sharma
EquityList | October 30
Episode 22 spotlights India’s equity and health-tech infrastructure with deep dives on ownership playbooks and agentic AI in healthcare. Guests: Kashish Sharma (CEO, EquityList) and Ankit Maheshwari (CTO & Founding Team Member, Innovaccer).
#EPISODE 21
Anand Yadav
MEKR | October 28
Episode 21 breaks down Microsoft–OpenAI’s $500B setup, Blueprint’s $60M “Full Health OS,” and the $500/month NEO home robot reshaping AI-at-home. Deep dives with Raghav Gupta (Futurense & 1% Club) and Gaurang Kuchhal & Anand Yadav (MEKR) on AI upskilling, community-led learning, and India’s China+1 manufacturing play.
#EPISODE 21
Gaurang Kuchhal
MEKR | October 28
Episode 21 breaks down Microsoft–OpenAI’s $500B setup, Blueprint’s $60M “Full Health OS,” and the $500/month NEO home robot reshaping AI-at-home. Deep dives with Raghav Gupta (Futurense & 1% Club) and Gaurang Kuchhal & Anand Yadav (MEKR) on AI upskilling, community-led learning, and India’s China+1 manufacturing play.
#EPISODE 21
Raghav Gupta
Futurense, 1% Club | October 28
Episode 21 breaks down Microsoft–OpenAI’s $500B setup, Blueprint’s $60M “Full Health OS,” and the $500/month NEO home robot reshaping AI-at-home. Deep dives with Raghav Gupta (Futurense & 1% Club) and Gaurang Kuchhal & Anand Yadav (MEKR) on AI upskilling, community-led learning, and India’s China+1 manufacturing play.
#EPISODE 20
Chirag Taneja
GoKwik | October 26
Episode 20 hits Deepinder Goyal’s $25M Continue Research fund, the Accel×Prosus formation cheques, India’s upcoming AI rules, and Lenskart’s ₹7,278 Cr IPO. Deep dives with Soumya Kant, Co-founder, Clovia, and Chirag Taneja, Co-founder & CEO, GoKwik—on Tier-2/3 women consumers, AI-led personalization, and profit-first e-commerce infrastructure.
#EPISODE 20
Soumya Kant
Clovia | October 26
Episode 20 hits Deepinder Goyal’s $25M Continue Research fund, the Accel×Prosus formation cheques, India’s upcoming AI rules, and Lenskart’s ₹7,278 Cr IPO. Deep dives with Soumya Kant, Co-founder, Clovia, and Chirag Taneja, Co-founder & CEO, GoKwik—on Tier-2/3 women consumers, AI-led personalization, and profit-first e-commerce infrastructure.
#EPISODE 19
Ravi Handa
Handa Uncle | October 23
Episode 19 of The Offline Network races through India’s festive-spend boom, AI’s VC takeover, the new browser wars, and mega-rounds from Chakr, Uniphore, and WazirX’s comeback. Deep dives with Akshay Chaturvedi (Leverage) on the study-abroad stack and Ravi Handa (Handa Uncle) on trustworthy AI for personal finance and creator-led learning.
#EPISODE 19
Akshay Chaturvedi
Leverage | October 23
Episode 19 of The Offline Network races through India’s festive-spend boom, AI’s VC takeover, the new browser wars, and mega-rounds from Chakr, Uniphore, and WazirX’s comeback. Deep dives with Akshay Chaturvedi (Leverage) on the study-abroad stack and Ravi Handa (Handa Uncle) on trustworthy AI for personal finance and creator-led learning.
#EPISODE 18
Sahil Jain
TMTC | October 12
Episode 18 of The Offline Network — hosted by Utsav and Dhruv — tackles founder-friendly financing and cross-border healthcare at scale. Guests: Eklavya Gupta (Founder, Recur Club) on fast, accessible credit and debt vs equity; Sahil Jain (Co-founder & CEO, TMTC) on athlete-backed UK→India surgeries, logistics, and trust.
#EPISODE 18
Eklavya Gupta
Recur Club | October 12
Episode 18 of The Offline Network — hosted by Utsav and Dhruv — tackles founder-friendly financing and cross-border healthcare at scale. Guests: Eklavya Gupta (Founder, Recur Club) on fast, accessible credit and debt vs equity; Sahil Jain (Co-founder & CEO, TMTC) on athlete-backed UK→India surgeries, logistics, and trust.
#EPISODE 17
Akshay Mehra
Hummingbird Ventures | October 9
Episode 17 of The Offline Network — hosted by Utsav and Dhruv — asks what separates AI outliers, from speed vs compute to SMB automation and playbooks beyond Silicon Valley. Guests: Anand Chandrasekaran (now building HiOctave with Khosla Ventures) and Akshay Mehra (Partner at Hummingbird Ventures) on 0.1% founders, survival habits, and building with taste.
#EPISODE 17
𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻
HiOctave | October 9
Episode 17 of The Offline Network — hosted by Utsav and Dhruv — asks what separates AI outliers, from speed vs compute to SMB automation and playbooks beyond Silicon Valley. Guests: Anand Chandrasekaran (now building HiOctave with Khosla Ventures) and Akshay Mehra (Partner at Hummingbird Ventures) on 0.1% founders, survival habits, and building with taste.
#EPISODE 16
Archit Nanda
KNOT | October 7
Episode 16 of The Offline Network — hosted by Utsav and Dhruv — breaks down OpenAI’s GPT-5 Pro/Sora 2/Agent Kit, Anthropic’s India push, AMD–OpenAI 6 GW GPUs and xAI’s supercluster, plus GFF 2025’s UPI biometrics/multi-sign and ICONIQ’s AI-native outperformance. Deep-dives with Gaurav Khatri (Noise) on bootstrapped wearables and social-driven design, and Archit Nanda (KNOT) on fusing fashion with quick delivery and decoding Gen-Z commerce.
#EPISODE 16
Gaurav Khatri
Noise | October 7
Episode 16 of The Offline Network — hosted by Utsav and Dhruv — breaks down OpenAI’s GPT-5 Pro/Sora 2/Agent Kit, Anthropic’s India push, AMD–OpenAI 6 GW GPUs and xAI’s supercluster, plus GFF 2025’s UPI biometrics/multi-sign and ICONIQ’s AI-native outperformance. Deep-dives with Gaurav Khatri (Noise) on bootstrapped wearables and social-driven design, and Archit Nanda (KNOT) on fusing fashion with quick delivery and decoding Gen-Z commerce.
#EPISODE 15
𝗗𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗷 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝗻
Redcliffe Labs | October 5
Episode 15 of The Offline Network — hosted by Utsav and Dhruv — breaks down India’s biggest startup stories: Ather beats Ola, a16z AI spend (Merlin/Emergent), Dhan unicorn, FM Sitharaman on stablecoins, and EA’s $55B take-private. Deep-dives with Anant V Goel (Handpickd) and Dheeraj Jain (Redcliffe Labs) on supply chains, diagnostics, and building trust at scale.
#EPISODE 15
𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗲𝗹
Handpickd | October 5
Episode 15 of The Offline Network — hosted by Utsav and Dhruv — breaks down India’s biggest startup stories: Ather beats Ola, a16z AI spend (Merlin/Emergent), Dhan unicorn, FM Sitharaman on stablecoins, and EA’s $55B take-private. Deep-dives with Anant V Goel (Handpickd) and Dheeraj Jain (Redcliffe Labs) on supply chains, diagnostics, and building trust at scale.
#EPISODE 14
𝗕𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗸 𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘆𝗮
BharatPe | September 30
Episode 14 of The Offline Network breaks down WeWork India’s IPO, Zerodha’s pivot, founders upping stakes, Chamath’s comeback SPAC, OpenAI’s Sora 2, and ChatGPT Instant Checkout. Deep-dives with Pratik Gadia (Founder & CEO, The Yarn Bazaar) on tech-led textiles and Bhavik Koladiya (Founder, OTPless; ex-BharatPe) on WhatsApp-first identity rails.
#EPISODE 14
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗸 𝗚𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮
The Yarn Bazaar | September 30
Episode 14 of The Offline Network breaks down WeWork India’s IPO, Zerodha’s pivot, founders upping stakes, Chamath’s comeback SPAC, OpenAI’s Sora 2, and ChatGPT Instant Checkout. Deep-dives with Pratik Gadia (Founder & CEO, The Yarn Bazaar) on tech-led textiles and Bhavik Koladiya (Founder, OTPless; ex-BharatPe) on WhatsApp-first identity rails.
#EPISODE 13
𝗡𝗮𝗶𝘆𝘆𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶
BabyChakra, Good Glamm Group | September 28
Episode 13 of The Offline Network dives into how India is reshaping consumer brands and venture capital, from Ayurveda going global to the AI build-out at home. Guests: Naiyya Saggi, Founder & CEO, EDT (ex-BabyChakra, Good Glamm) on designing India-first brands for global scale; Boris Wertz, Founder & General Partner, Version One Ventures on conviction-led investing and India-Canada-US arbitrage. Unfiltered takes on Kapiva’s $60M push, Anthropic’s India entry, Hocco’s growth, and Zoho’s Arattai surge.
#EPISODE 13
𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘇
Version One Ventures | September 28
Episode 13 of The Offline Network dives into how India is reshaping consumer brands and venture capital, from Ayurveda going global to the AI build-out at home. Guests: Naiyya Saggi, Founder & CEO, EDT (ex-BabyChakra, Good Glamm) on designing India-first brands for global scale; Boris Wertz, Founder & General Partner, Version One Ventures on conviction-led investing and India-Canada-US arbitrage. Unfiltered takes on Kapiva’s $60M push, Anthropic’s India entry, Hocco’s growth, and Zoho’s Arattai surge.
#EPISODE 12
𝗧𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗷 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗵𝗿𝘆
HomeLane | September 25
Episode 12 of The Offline Network features Snehil Khanor (TrulyMadly) on trust in matchmaking and Tanuj Choudhry (HomeLane) on scaling India’s home interiors market. Utsav and Dhruv also cover T2D3’s “death,” record festive e-commerce sales, Peak XV’s Surge 11, and Simpl’s RBI halt.
#EPISODE 12
𝗦𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗹 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗿
TrulyMadly | September 25
Episode 12 of The Offline Network features Snehil Khanor (TrulyMadly) on trust in matchmaking and Tanuj Choudhry (HomeLane) on scaling India’s home interiors market. Utsav and Dhruv also cover T2D3’s “death,” record festive e-commerce sales, Peak XV’s Surge 11, and Simpl’s RBI halt.
#EPISODE 11
Neel Gogia
Iplix Media, Layers.shop | September 23
Episode 11 of The Offline Network features Neal Thakker (Magma) on India’s factory OS and Neel Gogia (IPLIX & Layers.shop) on scaling creator-led commerce. Utsav and Dhruv also cover Rocket’s $15M raise, Ultrahuman’s profitability, Swiggy’s Rapido exit, Nothing’s $200M bet, and the OpenAI–NVIDIA GPU pact.
#EPISODE 11
Neal Thakker
Magma | September 23
Episode 11 of The Offline Network features Neal Thakker (Magma) on India’s factory OS and Neel Gogia (IPLIX & Layers.shop) on scaling creator-led commerce. Utsav and Dhruv also cover Rocket’s $15M raise, Ultrahuman’s profitability, Swiggy’s Rapido exit, Nothing’s $200M bet, and the OpenAI–NVIDIA GPU pact.
#EPISODE 10
Darayus Mehta
True Diamond | September 21
Episode 10 of The Offline Network features Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl (Sadev Ventures) on operator-led VC bets and Darayus Mehta (True Diamond) on disrupting India’s jewellery market with lab-grown diamonds. Utsav and Dhruv also unpack the $100k H-1B visa fee, GST 2.0 reforms, and Shark Tank India’s deal fallout.
#EPISODE 10
Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl
Sadev Ventures | September 21
Episode 10 of The Offline Network features Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl (Sadev Ventures) on operator-led VC bets and Darayus Mehta (True Diamond) on disrupting India’s jewellery market with lab-grown diamonds. Utsav and Dhruv also unpack the $100k H-1B visa fee, GST 2.0 reforms, and Shark Tank India’s deal fallout.
#EPISODE 9
𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗻
Blue Tokai | September 18
Episode 9 of The Offline Network features Suhail Sameer (OTP Ventures) on skin-in-the-game investing and Matt Chitharanjan (Blue Tokai) on scaling India’s specialty coffee globally. Utsav and Dhruv also react to viral startup memes and the business of internet culture.
#EPISODE 9
𝗦𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗲𝗿
OTP Ventures | September 18
Episode 9 of The Offline Network features Suhail Sameer (OTP Ventures) on skin-in-the-game investing and Matt Chitharanjan (Blue Tokai) on scaling India’s specialty coffee globally. Utsav and Dhruv also react to viral startup memes and the business of internet culture.
#EPISODE 8
𝗗𝗵𝗿𝘂𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗸
Arata | September 16
Episode 8 of The Offline Network features Dr. Marcus Ranney (Human Edge) on longevity and Dhruv Madhok (Arata) on clean beauty’s rise in India. Utsav and Dhruv also unpack TikTok’s US split, Urban Company’s blockbuster IPO, VC shake-ups, and Gameskraft’s CFO scandal.
#EPISODE 8
𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆
Human Edge | September 16
Episode 8 of The Offline Network features Dr. Marcus Ranney (Human Edge) on longevity and Dhruv Madhok (Arata) on clean beauty’s rise in India. Utsav and Dhruv also unpack TikTok’s US split, Urban Company’s blockbuster IPO, VC shake-ups, and Gameskraft’s CFO scandal.
#EPISODE 7
𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗽
Airbound | September 14
Episode 7 of The Offline Network features Anand Chandrashekaran (Celesta Capital) on India’s deeptech bets and Naman Pushp (Airbound) on building global-ready products. Utsav and Dhruv also cover IndiaAI’s model stack, Hike’s shutdown, and Groww’s IPO plans.
#EPISODE 7
𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻
Celesta Capital | September 14
Episode 7 of The Offline Network features Anand Chandrashekaran (Celesta Capital) on India’s deeptech bets and Naman Pushp (Airbound) on building global-ready products. Utsav and Dhruv also cover IndiaAI’s model stack, Hike’s shutdown, and Groww’s IPO plans.
#EPISODE 6
Prashant Sachan
AppsForBharat | September 11
Episode 6 of The Offline Network explores India’s green and digital spirituality frontiers, where contrarian bets are shaping the next economy. News highlight: NASA rover discovers a potential Mars biosignature. Deep dives with Shrey Agarwal (Alt Carbon) on India’s carbon credit ecosystem and Prashant Sachan (AppsForBharat – Sri Mandir) on building authentic, sustainable digital religion platforms.
#EPISODE 6
Shrey Agarwal
Alt Carbon | September 11
Episode 6 of The Offline Network explores India’s green and digital spirituality frontiers, where contrarian bets are shaping the next economy. News highlight: NASA rover discovers a potential Mars biosignature. Deep dives with Shrey Agarwal (Alt Carbon) on India’s carbon credit ecosystem and Prashant Sachan (AppsForBharat – Sri Mandir) on building authentic, sustainable digital religion platforms.
#EPISODE 5
Piyush Kumar
Rooter | September 9
Episode 5 of The Offline Network dives into India’s gaming inflection point — regulation hurdles, global ambitions, and the creator economy’s rise. News highlights: Rapido surpasses Uber in MAUs, iPhone 17 launches at ₹82,900, and Urban Company files ₹1,900 Cr IPO. Deep dives with Manish Agarwal (Kratos Gaming Network) on gaming + AI infra, and Piyush Kumar (Rooter) on building sustainable creator-first platforms.
#EPISODE 5
Manish Agarwal
Kratos Gaming Network | September 9
Episode 5 of The Offline Network dives into India’s gaming inflection point — regulation hurdles, global ambitions, and the creator economy’s rise. News highlights: Rapido surpasses Uber in MAUs, iPhone 17 launches at ₹82,900, and Urban Company files ₹1,900 Cr IPO. Deep dives with Manish Agarwal (Kratos Gaming Network) on gaming + AI infra, and Piyush Kumar (Rooter) on building sustainable creator-first platforms.
#EPISODE 4
Kushal Bhagia
All In Capital | September 7
Episode 4 of The Offline Network explores India’s evolving capital stack — from micro VCs and solo GPs to operator-first funds reshaping founder support. News highlights: OYO rebrands as Prism, Zomato & Swiggy hike fees, PhysicsWallah files IPO, and gold surges. Deep dives with Vaibhav Domkundwar (Better Capital) on conviction-led investing and Kushal Bhagia (All In Capital) on operator-driven VC models.
#EPISODE 4
Vaibhav Domkundwar
Better Capital | September 7
Episode 4 of The Offline Network explores India’s evolving capital stack — from micro VCs and solo GPs to operator-first funds reshaping founder support. News highlights: OYO rebrands as Prism, Zomato & Swiggy hike fees, PhysicsWallah files IPO, and gold surges. Deep dives with Vaibhav Domkundwar (Better Capital) on conviction-led investing and Kushal Bhagia (All In Capital) on operator-driven VC models.
#EPISODE 3
Vishesh Rajaram
Speciale Invest | September 4
Episode 3 of The Offline Network tackles India’s most contested frontiers — crypto, personal finance, and deeptech. From GST’s festive season shake-up to Uber’s AI side hustle and a $1B deeptech alliance, the news sets the stage. Guests Sumit Gupta (CoinDCX), Neil Borate (TheFynPrint), and Vishesh Rajaram (Speciale Invest) cut through hype and short-termism to ask what it really takes to build India’s structural depth.
#EPISODE 3
Neil Borate
TheFynPrint | September 4
Episode 3 of The Offline Network tackles India’s most contested frontiers — crypto, personal finance, and deeptech. From GST’s festive season shake-up to Uber’s AI side hustle and a $1B deeptech alliance, the news sets the stage. Guests Sumit Gupta (CoinDCX), Neil Borate (TheFynPrint), and Vishesh Rajaram (Speciale Invest) cut through hype and short-termism to ask what it really takes to build India’s structural depth.
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Sumit Gupta
CoinDCX | September 4
Episode 3 of The Offline Network tackles India’s most contested frontiers — crypto, personal finance, and deeptech. From GST’s festive season shake-up to Uber’s AI side hustle and a $1B deeptech alliance, the news sets the stage. Guests Sumit Gupta (CoinDCX), Neil Borate (TheFynPrint), and Vishesh Rajaram (Speciale Invest) cut through hype and short-termism to ask what it really takes to build India’s structural depth.
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Awais Ahmed
Pixxel | September 2
Episode 2 of The Offline Network dives into India’s next decade — not just consuming tech, but building satellites, rethinking wealth, and exporting culture. From boAt and Urban Company’s IPOs to Tesla’s India misstep, the show unpacks key shifts with Awais Ahmed (Pixxel), Sandeep Jethwani (Dezerv), and Amarjit Singh Batra (Spotify India).
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Sandeep Jethwani
Dezerv | September 2
Episode 2 of The Offline Network dives into India’s next decade — not just consuming tech, but building satellites, rethinking wealth, and exporting culture. From boAt and Urban Company’s IPOs to Tesla’s India misstep, the show unpacks key shifts with Awais Ahmed (Pixxel), Sandeep Jethwani (Dezerv), and Amarjit Singh Batra (Spotify India).
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Amarjit Batra
Spotify | September 2
Episode 2 of The Offline Network dives into India’s next decade — not just consuming tech, but building satellites, rethinking wealth, and exporting culture. From boAt and Urban Company’s IPOs to Tesla’s India misstep, the show unpacks key shifts with Awais Ahmed (Pixxel), Sandeep Jethwani (Dezerv), and Amarjit Singh Batra (Spotify India).
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Arjun Vaidya
V3 Ventures | August 31
India’s gaming ban shakes 400+ startups, while Reliance x Meta bet $100M on AI and Elevation Capital raises $400M for IPO-track scaleups. Deep dives: Aakrit Vaish on India’s AI infra play, Arjun Vaidya on reinventing venture capital, and Balaji Srinivasan on network states and India’s next 25 years
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Balaji Srinivasan
Network School | August 31
India’s gaming ban shakes 400+ startups, while Reliance x Meta bet $100M on AI and Elevation Capital raises $400M for IPO-track scaleups. Deep dives: Aakrit Vaish on India’s AI infra play, Arjun Vaidya on reinventing venture capital, and Balaji Srinivasan on network states and India’s next 25 years
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Aakrit Vaish
IndiaAI | August 31
India’s gaming ban shakes 400+ startups, while Reliance x Meta bet $100M on AI and Elevation Capital raises $400M for IPO-track scaleups. Deep dives: Aakrit Vaish on India’s AI infra play, Arjun Vaidya on reinventing venture capital, and Balaji Srinivasan on network states and India’s next 25 years