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  1. AI, Chips & Culture | Episode 64

    6 DAYS AGO

    AI, Chips & Culture | Episode 64

    Today’s episode connects geopolitics, AI capital, semiconductors, climate, and search — all in one show. 📰 News • US–Iran escalation hits UAE; falling debris strikes an AWS Abu Dhabi zone as oil spikes to ~$69/barrel • OpenAI closes a $110B round at ~$730–840B valuation — largest private fundraise ever; India now 100M+ weekly users. 🎙 Guest 1: Amritha Sreekumar — Alt Carbon / Alter Magazine Climate-tech meets craft. We discuss how AI, biotech and blockchain intersect with India’s 4.3M-strong handloom sector — and whether technology can preserve tradition without destroying it. 🎙 Guest 2: Tanay Goel — Garantie Warranty-tech for OEMs at scale. 1.5 crore+ customers, 200,000+ claims processed, 40% cost reduction via automation. Why extended warranties are becoming a $9B India opportunity. 🎙 Guest 3: Saravana Maruthamuthu — optoML Analog-in-memory AI chips using light instead of copper. 12nm tapeout with TSMC. 50× energy efficiency claims. Can India carve out leverage in semiconductors without owning fabs? 🎙 Guest 4: Nayrhit B — Gushwork SEO for the AI era. 300+ paying customers, $1.5M ARR in ~3 months, 95% US B2B. How do you rank inside ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini — and will AI search tolerate optimisation for long? 🎧 Watch, subscribe, and join our WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BK69EsNWP8BJIaoy3k7EfX?mode=ac_t Follow us: X → https://x.com/OfflineOnAir Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theofflinenetwork LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/offlineonair Website → https://www.theoffline.network #TheOfflineNetwork #IndiaTech #AI #ClimateTech #Semiconductors #StartupIndia #VentureCapital #Search

    57 min
  2. India AI Week Special | Episode 59

    23 FEB

    India AI Week Special | Episode 59

    Today’s episode is our India AI Week Special — from automotive AI hardware built in Noida to $200B AI pledges at Bharat Mandapam. We go deep with Sumit Roy on building telematics and connected vehicle hardware in India — and then break down the biggest, most surprising, and most controversial moments from India AI Week 2026. • 250,000+ registrations, 20+ heads of state, and $200B+ AI infra pledges positioned India at the center of global AI diplomacy. • Government launched “New Delhi Frontier AI Commitments” and approved a ₹9,500 Cr ($1.1B) AI-focused VC fund. • Sarvam unveiled sovereign 30B & 105B models and teased AI smart glasses built on India-trained models. • Sam Altman said India is “well-positioned to lead AI” after 100M weekly ChatGPT users. • Vinod Khosla predicted India’s IT & BPO sector could disappear by 2030. From cracking consumer auto at FidoMotus to becoming a Tier-I supplier for Volvo Eicher and Sonalika in just 24 months — Sumit explains why he bet on telematics hardware, why he’s building a 1M+ unit Noida facility, and how AI diagnostics can save fleets ₹5K–10K per hour in downtime. 25–30K devices deployed. ₹160 Cr+ order book. Multi-satellite stack (GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, NAVIC). V2V-ready. Is India finally ready for deep automotive AI hardware? • Emergent hits $100M ARR in 8 months — one of the fastest-growing AI-native startups globally. • Thrive Capital closes $10B fund — doubling every 2 years. • Jack Altman joins Benchmark; Alt Capital winds down. • Apple accelerates AI wearables — smart glasses and AI-native devices coming 2027. 🎧 Watch, subscribe, and join our WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BK69EsNWP8BJIaoy3k7EfX?mode=ac_t Follow us: X → https://x.com/OfflineOnAir Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theofflinenetwork LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/offlineonair Website → https://www.theoffline.network

    34 min
  3. India’s AI Stack Moment | Episode 59

    16 FEB

    India’s AI Stack Moment | Episode 59

    Today’s episode looks at India’s AI inflection point — from global AI power plays to homegrown voice agents and hacker houses building the next wave. • OpenAI acqui-hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, blurring the line between open source and Big AI consolidation. • India hits 100M weekly ChatGPT users as AI diplomacy and domestic production questions collide. • Blackstone backs Neysa with up to $1.2B, marking India’s largest AI infra bet yet. • Government clears $1.1B fund-of-funds as Peak XV backs C2i — compute, capital and silicon align. 1/ Aman Goel — Co-founder & CEO, GreyLabs AI From Cogno’s acquisition to building AI voice agents for 50+ BFSI clients, Aman breaks down the real economics of replacing contact-centre work with AI and what “autonomous voice” actually means in regulated India. 2/ Suhas Sumukh — Co-founder & COO, LocalHost A 19-year-old running a VC-hacker house hybrid, Suhas shares how LocalHost selects builders, why geography still limits Indian founders, and whether the “vibe coding” era rewrites the traditional startup path. 🎧 Watch, subscribe, and join our WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BK69EsNWP8BJIaoy3k7EfX?mode=ac_t Follow us: X → https://x.com/OfflineOnAir Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theofflinenetwork LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/offlineonair Website → https://www.theoffline.network 📰 News (1-liners each)🎙 Guests

    57 min
  4. AI Is Changing Video Forever | Episode 58

    13 FEB

    AI Is Changing Video Forever | Episode 58

    Today’s episode connects a $30B AI mega-round, India’s AI film moment, and a fashion supply-chain comeback story — all in one. Anthropic raises $30B at $380B valuation — $14B run-rate, 500+ $1M customers, and the cap table overlaps that define the AI power game. “Something Big Is Happening” essay goes viral (80M impressions) — arguing AI is now a general substitute for cognitive work. Sarvam AI drops Indic OCR VLM — handles 12 Indian scripts and messy real-world docs better than global models. Bajaj Finance scales AI to core ops — 20M AI calls processed, ₹1,925Cr loans attributed to AI, 120K+ AI ads in one quarter.From a late-night brainstorm to India’s national AI summit stage — how AI filmmaking is reshaping talent discovery, copyright debates, and the creator apprenticeship model. After plateauing at $7M ARR, invideo bet everything on AI — now at $70M ARR and 60K daily signups; what’s the moat when models commoditize? From returning capital in 2024 to EBITDA-positive in 2025 — fixing India’s $15B apparel export gap with tech, Europe focus, and GenAI on the factory floor. 🎧 Watch, subscribe, and join our WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BK69EsNWP8BJIaoy3k7EfX?mode=ac_t Follow us: X → https://x.com/OfflineOnAir Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theofflinenetwork LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/offlineonair Website → https://www.theoffline.network 🔥 News🎬 Guest 1: Chandan Perla, Hardeep Gambhir & Sanket Shah — invideo AI Film Festival🚀 Guest 2: Sanket Shah — CEO, invideo🧵 Guest 3: Pawan Gupta — CEO & Co-founder, Fashinza 🎧 Watch, subscribe, and join our WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BK69EsNWP8BJIaoy3k7EfX?mode=ac_t Follow us: X → https://x.com/OfflineOnAir Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theofflinenetwork LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/offlineonair Website → https://www.theoffline.network

    1h 6m

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