EaseMyTrip co-founder Prashant Pitti says employees have to know the entire security architecture, be very accountable and minimise data sharing

During an exclusive 20-minute candid conversation at the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave last week, Khosla also discussed topics such as how Indian startups can develop global products, the need for increased maturity in deep-tech investing in India, and his optimistic outlook on India's startup ecosystem

Smallcase will help Zerodha build simple, low-cost, passive mutual fund products, while Zerodha will help with the distribution as that is one of the biggest challenges for an AMC.

Narayana Murthy recalled engaging in conversations with capitalists, socialists, and communists in France, after which his convictions underwent a transformation.

The panelists in growth vs profit debate recognized the crucial role that growth plays in achieving success, especially in competitive markets.

The conversation with investors started before the fintech company became a unicorn, says Policybazaar founder

Sudha Murty took the stage to dedicate a short but moving piece to all the wives of entrepreneurs and their unwavering support.

Koshy also said that ONDC is working to bring financial products to the network, and this is expected to happen in the next couple of months.

Kalra also said that generating cash in B2B business models is easier, taking a contrarian view as many venture capital firms do not consider it an attractive business model.

Recounting that PV Sindhu was a little down after not finishing first, Pullela Gopichand said he wanted her to think of it as winning the silver and not losing the gold.

The investor in some of the high growth technology companies said Indian companies and the market are different and thus venture capital firms emulating those in the US will not work here.

Pullela Gopichand played cricket at a young age and he said that his entry into badminton was fueled by a cricket rejection.

The Peak XV Partners managing director says governance is not even negotiable. It is equal to reputation and good reputation translates to better investors, better value when you go public

Pullela Gopichand revealed that he once failed an engineering exam by seven marks - which indirectly helped him become a badminton player.

BharatPe chairman Rajnish Kumar answered some light-hearted questions at the sidelines of the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave 2023

Nithin Kamath and Sameer Nigam agreed that the total addressable market size for startups could be only around 100 million.

Indian-American billionaire Vinod Khosla, an investor in OpenAI, has revealed the last question he asked ChatGPT.

Sankar was speaking at the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave.

Sankar was speaking at the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave.

Other than this, Shankar also highlighted that stablecoins pegged to other currencies in the emerging market economies post several threats.

"Over the period of time, banks will become fintech and fintech will become bank," says Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, BharatPe.

Moneycontrol Startup Conclave: Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath was asked who would like to take on in a cage fight. Here is what he replied.

Harshil Mathur, co-founder and CEO, Razorpay, and MN Srinivasu, co-founder and director, BillDesk tell Moneycontrol Startup conclave that AI will touch every aspect of the entire ecosystem and how tech remains their biggest expense

The billionaire venture capitalist says there will be a new development environment in the US, due to a LLM-based apps.

The right venture capitalists are venture assistants to entrepreneurs. Venture capitalists should challenge founders, whether it is good times or bad times, said Vinod Khosla.

Khosla's take on deep-tech investing echoes that of Accel's Prashanth Prakash, another veteran investor in India, who last month bluntly said that there is no real deep-tech ecosystem in India

The IDFC First Bank MD and CEO says the transformation of the ecosystem from a traditional one to a new-age digital one is heavily backed by startups

"Over some time, banks will become like fintechs and fintechs will become like banks," Kumar said.

Cross-selling ushered in by private sector banks, Kumar says at Moneycontrol’s Startup Conclave

Moneycontrol Startup Conclave 2023: Indian-American billionaire businessman Vinod Khosla was asked who would win the cage fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. What he responded.

Kumar said that legacy institutions like banks have advantages over fintechs but at the same time, in some spaces, fintechs lead.

Moneycontrol Startup Conclave: The billionaire venture capitalist further elaborated that India is best positioned to take advantage of Chinese management of Covid-19.

Vaidyanathan said that innovation by startups and fintechs is leading a change in the Indian banking sector.

Moneycontrol Startup Conclave highlighted the resilience and determination of entrepreneurs and their unwavering commitment to overcome obstacles. The event featured a combination of keynote speeches, panel discussions, and inspiring talks from both global and Indian experts in the fields of policy, venture capital, and entrepreneurship.

Misra also said that corporate governance lapses in Indian startups weren’t too many compared to the West and brick-and-mortar businesses