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Last updated: November 11, 2025, 5:11 AM ist
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Vibe Coding, Smart Rings, Swiggy Exit, Factory OS & Consumer Brands | 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
Vibe Coding, Smart Rings, Swiggy Exit, Factory OS & Consumer Brands | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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).
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).
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).
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
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
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