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How Groww Turned Confused Beginners Into India’s Largest Investing Community
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How Groww Turned Confused Beginners Into India’s Largest Investing Community

In 2016, millions of Indians wanted to invest. There was just one problem. Nobody knew where to begin. Mutual funds...

What is Blinkit’s next move after dominating quick commerce?
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What is Blinkit’s next move after dominating quick commerce?

While Amazon committed Rs 2,800 crore to chase Blinkit and Flipkart crossed 800 dark stores in months, Blinkit quietly shifted...

Zoho growth strategy: Rs 12,313 crore in revenue and 100 million users, built without a single rupee of VC funding
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Zoho growth strategy: Rs 12,313 crore in revenue and 100 million users, built without a single rupee of VC funding

While the startup world chased funding rounds and unicorn valuations, Zoho quietly became the largest bootstrapped SaaS company in history....

Apple AI strategy: Why the world’s most valuable company is still struggling to ship a working AI assistant
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Apple AI strategy: Why the world’s most valuable company is still struggling to ship a working AI assistant

While OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft shipped AI features monthly, Apple ran television ads for a product it had not yet...

Mercor founder story: How three 22-year-olds built a $10 billion AI company in two years
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Mercor founder story: How three 22-year-olds built a $10 billion AI company in two years

While the AI industry focused on which company would build the smartest model, Brendan Foody was building the company that...

Peak XV quick commerce bet: Why the $15.3M ZILO Series A signals India’s second wave
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Peak XV quick commerce bet: Why the $15.3M ZILO Series A signals India’s second wave

While Blinkit and Zepto spent five years building India's quick-commerce infrastructure, Peak XV waited. When it finally moved, it did...

Nvidia AI chip strategy: How CUDA built a moat that 20 years of competitors could not crack
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Nvidia AI chip strategy: How CUDA built a moat that 20 years of competitors could not crack

While the AI industry debated which model would win the intelligence race, Jensen Huang quietly built the toll road that...

Quick commerce India: Can the economics work?
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Quick commerce India: Can the economics work?

While Blinkit crossed into positive adjusted EBITDA for the first time, Swiggy Instamart posted a Rs 908 crore quarterly loss...

Quibi failure: Why $1.75 billion and Hollywood connections were not enough
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Quibi failure: Why $1.75 billion and Hollywood connections were not enough

While Jeffrey Katzenberg assembled the most credentialed launch team in streaming history, the most basic question about the product went...

Dunzo shutdown: What went wrong and why
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Dunzo shutdown: What went wrong and why

For years, asking someone to "Dunzo it" was simply how people in Bengaluru talked about getting something delivered. The company...

India’s Unicorn Boom: The Winners, The Failures, and the Lessons Every Founder Should Learn
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India’s Unicorn Boom: The Winners, The Failures, and the Lessons Every Founder Should Learn

By TFN Editorial Team, The Founder Nation Editorial Team While India minted a record 44 unicorns in a single year,...

How Scale AI Became the Most Important Company Nobody Talks About: The Hidden Infrastructure of AI Training
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How Scale AI Became the Most Important Company Nobody Talks About: The Hidden Infrastructure of AI Training

Scale AI has no brand recognition. You have never heard of it. Most venture capitalists have barely heard of it....

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