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Zero Hour Conversation with A R Unnikrishnan

As AI models scale from millions to trillions of parameters, it is vital to have the right access to capital and compute to nurture a fast-growing AI ecosystem.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Arvind Thakur

Arvind Thakur shared leadership lessons from decades in India’s IT industry — crisis reveals capability, values matter most in tough moments, differentiation comes from playing to your strengths and AI is fundamentally reshaping how businesses operate and create value.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Karthik Sankaran

Kalaari Capital’s recap of a talk with chip veteran Dr. Karthik Sankaran: semiconductors are becoming foundational as AI, EVs, and edge computing scale, and India’s design talent gives it a real shot in deep-tech—if it gets patient capital and a full ecosystem
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Zero Hour Conversation with Kirthiga Reddy

The session focused on leadership, reinvention, and India’s tech ecosystem.-
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Zero Hour Conversation with Narayan Manepally

Manepally spoke about how his started in Portland, when he brewed his first perfect batch of beer. Returning to India and finding only Kingfisher available everywhere convinced him that India deserved better craft beer, and he decided to make that happen himself.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Sarbvir Singh

Policybazaar CEO Sarbvir Singh says leadership is about team buy-in, not perfect decisions—even a flawed call works when people believe in it. He adds that networks shape careers and real growth comes from owning outcomes.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Shalini Govil Pai

Kalaari’s Zero Hour session with Google’s Shalini Govil-Pai and Raj Pai explored how AI is reshaping storytelling. The takeaway: tech can’t fix a weak story—audience resonance, curiosity, and relationships matter most.
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Why We Invested?

Why We Invested in Equilibrium

The global carbon markets are experiencing unprecedented growth, with the market expected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2030, driven by compliance requirements and corporate net-zero commitments.
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Why we invested in FANON

Fanon addresses a highly fragmented $7 billion fan economy by consolidating scattered community behaviors.
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Why We Invested in Figr

Design has evolved beyond aesthetics to become a critical business driver. The advent of Generative AI (GenAI) is now revolutionizing the field, with AI agents autonomously executing design tasks and streamlining workflows from ideation to implementation.
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Why We Invested in GuardianLink

GuardianLink provides a proprietary anti-piracy AI tech and no-code launchpad that simplifies NFT commerce.
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Why We Invested in Herkey

HerKey is a digital career engagement platform that unlocks the economic potential of Indian women by providing them with job opportunities, upskilling, and professional networking communities
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Why we invested in HireBound

Across enterprises, staffing firms, and high-growth startups, hiring remains one of the most manual and time-sensitive workflows. Most organizations have digitized tracking (ATS, spreadsheets, portals). The actual work still happens outside the system: interpreting requirements, chasing candidates, running screening loops, and coordinating interviews across multiple stakeholdersThe workflow is full of drop-offs and coordination debt. Candidates don’t complete applications, or they drop because communication is slow or unclear. Recruiters spend hours on searches and repetitive screening, and then lose days in scheduling ping-pong. The result is predictable: qualified candidates exit the funnel, hiring managers see low-quality shortlists, and offers fail at the joining stage.
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Why We Invested in Hyperbots

Over the last two decades, automation technologies have transformed most business functions for large enterprises across the globe.
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Why We Invested in JB Air

JB Air is building a consumer-electronics brand for Indian homes, and we believe it is uniquely positioned to define this category for the next generation of Indian consumers.
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