0:00 – Intro
0:42 – Arattai’s sudden rise
5:27 – Zerodha’s revenue drop
6:56 – Quick Updates
8:05 – Startup Funding News
10:25 – Closing Thoughts
This week on Indian startup news, we’re diving into some of the biggest developments shaping India’s startup and tech ecosystem.
Can Zoho’s Arattai really challenge WhatsApp in India? 🚨 The Made-in-India messaging app has seen a sudden surge in signups, backed by government support and rising frustration with spam on WhatsApp. But can it really break WhatsApp’s insane network effect?
Zerodha’s big challenge 📉 — after years of building India’s largest brokerage on a zero-commission model, its revenue has taken a steep fall. Is the iconic fintech finally considering charging fees?
In EVs ⚡: Ather Energy has overtaken Ola Electric in sales for the first time, shaking up the rankings in India’s electric two-wheeler market.
Anthropic’s India push 🤖 — the AI startup behind Claude is planning to expand into India, right after raising billions globally.
Agnikul Cosmos 🚀 — the Chennai-based spacetech startup is aiming to build reusable rockets, drawing comparisons with SpaceX.
And of course, we’ll also bring you the latest funding updates across health, SaaS, AI, and drone startups, along with a quick roundup of IPO news.
If you’re interested in India’s startup ecosystem, this is your one-stop update for the week.
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freedom speech will take even bigger hit
AtoPlay – Youtube Alternative (StudyIQ, Career 365 channel already there)
Arattai – whatsapp Alternative
Ulaa – Edge, Chrome Alternative
Zoho Mail – Gmail Alternative
Zoho Suite – MSuite, GSuite Alternative
Peerlist – LinkedIn Alternative
Indus Appstore – Playstore Alternative
Spam messages may be a US companies strategy to cheat innocent people.
Gmail – receiving lot of spam mail even it is newly created
WhatsApp – recently recorded too many cases for spam messages
Insta and Facebook – fake selling pages with paid promotions
Zoho apnao Boycott america
Start calls and business office meeting in arattai. Then it will really start expanding. Let's start with our colleagues
For those who don't know… Meta doesn't make much revenue on WhatsApp and it will cost a lot for Zoho to run servers and provide seamless free service.
I think Arattai will definitely fail like hike. The practical possibility of it actually even surviving is small. All Problems with whatsapp will happen in it also and Indian people are more likely to trust American companies rather than Indian companies and our government.
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Indians are fighting for change of name of arrattai 😂 kab badhlenge log