The Corridor

cherubkapoor

The Corridor explores the movement of talent, capital, and ideas shaping the India-US AI ecosystem. Hosted by Cherub Kapoor, currently at Harvard Business School and formerly at Sarvam AI, with a background at IIT Bombay, the podcast features founders, investors, policymakers, and operators building at the frontier of AI.

Episodes

  1. Aug 9

    S2 E3: Going Deep with Deep Karkhanis (Google DeepMind) | The Next Frontier of Intelligence

    What comes after today’s AI? I sat down with Deep Karkhanis, a researcher at Google DeepMind, to debate where intelligence goes next - from memory and reasoning to world models, AI for science, recursive self-improvement (RSI), and brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Deep takes us from his journey at IIT Bombay and CMU to training early LLMs at Abacus and now building the next models at DeepMind.

  2. Jul 25

    S2 E2: Design in the Age of AI | Charmie Kapoor on Taste, Tools & the Next Generation of Designers

    Charmie Kapoor has spent a decade inside design - Microsoft, Dunzo, Unacademy, Razorpay, a design + business degree from Harvard and IIT - watching the field go from an afterthought to the thing everyone suddenly wants a seat at the table for. In this episode, we talk about what changes when AI can prototype, code, and generate taste almost as fast as you can think - and what doesn't. Why the designers who thrive aren't the ones with the best degrees but the ones who tinker, ship, and stay easy to work with. Why craft and taste might be the last real moat. And whether we're still designing for people, or starting to design for agents. A conversation about staying good at something the tools keep changing under you. Some links we discussed about in the podcast: 1. Should I do a Masters in Design - https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=x63rO6Q-0mByvhQp&v=JU06Zy9gsW0&feature=youtu.be 2. Design notes from the Bay Area - https://x.com/charmiekapoor/status/1984594801606439205?s=46&t=Cdtto6COyJpj93J_X1gE6A 3. Charmie's personal website - www.charmiekapoor.com

  3. Jun 23

    S2 E1: Software Engineering in the Age of AI | Ashvin Nagarajan (TableIQ)

    In this episode of The Corridor, I sit down with Ashvin Nagarajan (Ash), co-founder of TableIQ and my partner in leading the AI Club at HBS, to kick off a new series: The Future of Roles. Ash shares his journey from building early Microsoft Copilot features to scaling autonomous vehicle infrastructure at Applied Intuition and now building AI agents for physical commerce with TableIQ. We also explore a question many ambitious people wonder about: Is an MBA still worth it if you want to build a startup in the age of AI? Ash reflects on his decision to attend HBS and what business school helped him learn.

  4. Jun 5

    S1 E6: Evolving India from a Process Nation to a Product Nation | Manav Garg (Together Fund)

    India built a global reputation through process excellence - from IT services to pharmaceuticals. But can it become an innovation-first economy in the age of AI? In this episode of The Corridor, I sit down with Manav Garg, Founder of Eka Software and Co-Founder of Together Fund, to discuss why he believes India’s next chapter will be defined by product builders, not labor arbitrage.

  5. May 12

    S1 E5: Why India’s AI Moment Is Just Beginning | Pratik Agarwal (Accel)

    India’s AI ecosystem is entering a defining decade. In this episode of The Corridor, I sit down with Pratik Agarwal, Partner at Accel, to discuss why he believes India’s biggest technology and VC opportunity is still ahead of us. Pratik reflects on his journey from IIT Delhi and Harvard Business School to Airbnb’s early growth years and over a decade investing in startups across India. We explore India building for the world, an agent-led consumer world, and the kinds of companies that could define the next decade. We also discuss whether AI will fragment markets or create larger technology monopolies, where India can capture value in the AI stack, the missing middle in startup capital, and the rise of polymaths.

  6. Apr 21

    S1 E4: Will AI Kill India's IT Industry? | Adit Jain (Leena AI)

    In this episode of The Corridor, I sit down with Adit Jain, Co-Founder and CEO of Leena AI, to unpack one of the biggest questions facing India’s economy: will AI disrupt the IT services industry that helped power the country’s rise? Adit traces his journey from IIT Delhi to YC and building Leena AI into a fast-growing agentic IT enterprise. We talk about why India’s traditional IT arbitrage model is under pressure, how AI agents are changing the economics of back-office work, and what this means for IT services firms, GCCs, and millions of knowledge workers. We also explore the deeper questions beneath the disruption: Why doesn’t India retain more top engineering talent in research? What role should government play? What happens to workers whose jobs are automated? And if the old model is breaking, what could replace it?

  7. Apr 14

    S1 E3: What It Takes to Build Global AI Companies | Deedy Das (Menlo Ventures)

    In this episode of The Corridor, I sit down with Deedy Das, Partner at Menlo Ventures, to unpack what it really takes to build global AI companies across India and the US. We cover his journey from Google and Glean to venture, and his candid views on where founders should build, what India gets right (and wrong), and why talent, ambition, and culture matter more than capital. We also get into his hot takes on Sarvam, the future of work, and rising inequality.

  8. Apr 7

    S1 E2: Building Between India and America | Adhitya Raghavan (Takt)

    In the second episode of The Corridor, I sit down with Adhitya Raghavan, founder of Takt (AI for Manufacturing startup) and HBS 2025, to explore what it really takes to build across the India-US corridor. We discuss the cultural, capital, and policy challenges of building in India, why many founders choose to start in the US, and what it will take to return and build at scale. We also dive into AI’s impact on jobs, manufacturing, and the future of work.

  9. Feb 24

    S1 E1: Consumer Tech 2.0: India’s AI Wave | Anant Vidur Puri (Bessemer)

    In the first episode of The Corridor, I sit down with Anant Vidur Puri, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, to explore the parallels between India’s consumer internet boom and the emerging AI wave. We discuss what drove the last technology cycle, what may be structurally different this time, and how AI could reshape consumer platforms, enterprise software, and digital public infrastructure in India.

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The Corridor explores the movement of talent, capital, and ideas shaping the India-US AI ecosystem. Hosted by Cherub Kapoor, currently at Harvard Business School and formerly at Sarvam AI, with a background at IIT Bombay, the podcast features founders, investors, policymakers, and operators building at the frontier of AI.

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  • Creator
    cherubkapoor
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    9
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