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▶ 22:00 · AI Applications · AI Economics & Business Models · AI shifts startup economics from hiring-heavy to solo-builder model, changing venture capital dynamics
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Groww: If Your Customers Don't Love It or Hate It, You've Already Lost

2026-06-15 · 1 company · 4 thematic
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lalit kishor

Lalit Kishor is the founder and CEO of Groww, India's largest retail investment platform, which he started in 2016 and took public in 2024. He previously worked at Flipkart and graduated from IIT Bombay.

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