Today my guest is Sajith Pai, who is a Partner at Blume Ventures, an early stage Indian venture fund. He is also a well known writer, and the author of the annual Indus Valley Report. We spoke about the trends in the latest Indus Valley Report, the stratifications in Indian consumer markets, investor sentiment, policies and infrastructure to foster the AI boom in India, the AI start-up scene and much more.
Recorded March 6th, 2025.
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Timestamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:32 - 2025 Trends
00:24:30 - Last Year vs. This Year
00:32:25 - The Role of Artificial Intelligence
00:45:59 - Artificial Intelligence Startup Scene
01:16:40 - Sajith’s Reading Habits
01:22:20 - Outro
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