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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the only person who can put obstacles is mukesh guarati ambani. facebook owns 10% of jio and a jio- whatsapp partnership
I downloaded arattai. I'm waiting for encryption for messages. Once that is done, I'll uninstall WhatsApp by telling people that if you have to text me, then text me in arattai because I won't be in WhatsApp. That's the strategy to make everyone hop into it. Of course, not everyone is going to do that but at least a significant number of people will move to arattai which is a good starting point
Most of the USA sites are developed our IT workers. So they can be used properly to develop secure sites and apps
WhatsApp is worst app in world. Can't even store my data on local files , disappearing files , images & no new features & cluttered ui & with no features at all
Not end to end encrypted
First thing rebrand out of 500 contacts only 25 downloaded arttai and no one exchange messages just to see how is the platform.
I am going to use only indian apps❤😊
Just ban the app with deadline. Don't make simple things complex
Zoho nedds to advertise their products they also have mails and browser but no one knows🤡
Just making a replacement for US apps will not make it successful in the long run(remembering 'Koo' which was also promoted by the govt. is shutdown now). There must be features that are unique, useful and helpful for the taste of Indian users that will find its acceptance because all this nationalist campaign will die in a few days. So they need to work hard to find out what people want and did not get it in WApp (data store in India is a necessity of the govt. not really that of the people 🙂 A feature rich app with easy and vast networking and ease of use and communication is what's important. Looking at the amount of fake news and fraud happening in WhatsApp , that is one area they can focus and then make it really expressive like LINE so that it will be an app without language barriers. Involve celebrities and professionals with some innovative features that will be useful for them so that public will be drawn to it through them.