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Why Dhruv Rathee’s unremarkable AI platform may still succeed
Launched at the same time as ChatGPT Go, the YouTuber’s AI aggregation platform doesn’t bring anything new to the table. But it could leverage his online influence and India’s growing AI market.
19 Aug 2025
SuperK has a playbook for solving India’s small-town retail problem
Investors are betting on the value retail chain’s franchise model to disrupt the retail market in small-town India. By the looks of it, the six-year-old startup seems to have gotten a lot of things right.
17 Aug 2025
The growing unease of EaseMyTrip’s investors
The online travel aggregator is struggling to grow now more than ever. Meanwhile, its promoters' stake sales reveal a pump and dump pattern that does little to ease shareholders’ concerns.
10 Aug 2025
The quick rise and even quicker fall of India’s smartwatch industry
At a time when startups selling chips or pet food have raised millions of dollars in funding, investors have shunned wearable tech companies. The fate of the sector hangs in the balance.
29 Jul 2025
The Good Glamm Group is to be dismantled as lenders enforce brand-by-brand breakup
Founder Darpan Sanghvi confirms the collapse of the once-promising content-to-commerce company.
23 Jul 2025
Deep tech startup Chara Tech has ambitions to solve auto’s rare-earth crisis
Thanks to China’s supply curbs, the Bengaluru-based company has suddenly found its rare earth-free motors in the spotlight. But building a successful business is a different ballgame altogether.
22 Jul 2025
Inside Eloelo app, Indians are live-streaming into nothing
Backed by WaterBridge and Kalaari, Eloelo spent years trying to find the right product to start monetizing. Only to fall back on lonely Indians looking for someone to speak to and willing to pay for it.
20 Jul 2025
Wakefit built a Rs 1,000-crore mattress brand. Now it wants to do a full-stack
A pioneer in the online D2C mattress market, the startup is eyeing the public markets on the strength of its expanded home and furnishings presence. Will its next decade be as good as the one behind it?
07 Jul 2025
Pakistan’s failed startup promise, competition force Careem’s exit
The most popular startup of the Middle Eastern region just exited its decade-old operation in the country, citing competition and macro challenges. Both these reasons need to be unpacked and understood separately.
02 Jul 2025
Binny Bansal-backed Curefoods files papers for an IPO
The cloud kitchen startup plans to tap favourable market sentiment to raise Rs 800 crore in a fresh issue.
29 Jun 2025