What is the next big wave for an Indian Startup?

Considering Edtech, Fintech, E-commerce is done

What problems would Indian and Global startups be solving in the next decade, or they would be just throwing random yearly new buzz words and as usual VCs would be having orgasms on these buzz words. I mean real problems.

Let's not rant over filpkart or others as tech startups. They are Tech enabled. Let's share out some tech startups registered on Indian soil with over 100 million dollar revenue. And discuss, why are you not creating one (if you have a vision and figured problem-solution-market)? Eg: China in its developing time had many. Phone companies, circuits companies, gadgets companies, LED TV companies, semiconductors, agritech machines, plane manufacturing companies. Tik tok was a simple idea, literally most of you could have built the tech, couldn't you? Then, still why weren't we able to carry such big vision and execution. India received funds very well to replicate tiktok, yet they failed in execution and differentiation. I struggle to accept a few thoughts; 1) We are less disciplined, less dedicated, and less visionary compared to the general population of China. 2) Maybe we are more western than the western itself. We adopted and copied developed nations present and skipped their past hardwork and dedication. 3) We have grown too practical and not ready to hear impractical ideas. Share yourself similarly on related topics.

Let's ignore what's wrong with startups, keep this an optimistic thread. Which startups make you excited about their future? The ones that have cracked product, GTM, model, or something else. Name the best Indian startups :)

Budget 2024 scrapped the angel tax for all investors, creating the ultimate playground for innovation and entrepreneurship in India.

Lately, I have been thinking very deeply about my college days when the Flipkart story had inspired the entire lot of my batch at IIT-D. We were starry eyed college kids who wanted to do something innovative in India and break away from the "three" most popular moves after IIT: 1. UPSC 2. MBA 3. MS/PhD abroad I proceeded to then work in various Indian startups and noticed an alarming thing. I began to realise a pattern across all my stints: The initial founding team does exceptional work innovating, they excel at what Thiel calls "Zero to One", the act of creation. I will concede that although most founders fail to innovate by often copying what worked in the west but the initial founding team usually excels in execution. It allows for initial traction as it breathes a fresh breath in the\ space that they are operating in. Almost always, when Product Market Fit is "achieved"(whatever that means), the founders begin to deploy insane amounts of funds into growth. By definition, Growth is not a bad thing. But, I have been noticing that across all startups I have worked at( all raised funds from the largest global funds) that it comes at the expense of product building. And during this era of hypergrowth, the product starts to stagnate while focus becomes marketing and sales. I often felt that this was temporary. That once we reach enough scale, we would start to innovate again. But time and time again, the ability to innovate atrophies over time. Rather than building something that has enduring value by executing faster than anyone, the focus becomes achieving growth at all costs. This ultimately leads to two outcomes: 1. The startup cannot sustain this growth and retention begins to look dire. The churn becomes unbearable and the startup goes out of business. 2. The startup gets acquired by someone bigger, allowing founders and investors to believe that they created value where none existed in the first place. I am completely dejected at this.

hello viners, Want to know about startups which are doing AI based solutions in the manufacturing / process industry. which are the current big names and how does the future look like?

Which startup, currently valued > $100mn, has the best growth potential in next 3 yrs in your opinion? Why? No self promotion please.