For anybody seeing GenAI in action for the first time, it is nothing short of magic! While we have talked about the challenges, esp. for India and startups in the earlier articles, nobody doubts that it is showing us the future. As they say, the best way to predict the future is to create it! […]
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In the previous article, I had hoped for the democratisation of AI/GenAI, so that it does not remain the preserve of Tech giants and Indian start-ups have a fair chance. Historically, attempts to democratise Tech have repeatedly failed with a few large companies ending up controlling everything. Looking at the history of the internet, Web
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There is no doubt that the advent of new Tech allows those lagging in earlier Tech the opportunity to enjoy a level playing field, even leapfrog the incumbents. This happened in India with mobiles and then with e-commerce. The same will undoubtedly happen with AI as well. Any Tech endeavours to bring personalised and real-time
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AI (and now GenAI) are rightfully being talked about as technologies that are bringing up the most dramatic shift in our lives and even for the entire humankind. It appears that no sphere of human activity will remain untouched by the advent of AI, with huge benefits on the one hand, but also huge challenges
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Author: Gireendra Kasmalkar For decades, the tech world has been enthralled by the dream of democratising access to technology. From the dawn of the internet era, when digital access started to break down information barriers, to the age of artificial intelligence (AI)— we’ve been chasing the vision of technology as the great equaliser. However, the
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Authored By: Gireendra Kasmalkar The period known colloquially as the “Funding Winter” represented a significant challenge for startups globally. Characterized by a sharp decrease in venture capital funding, this era forced startup founders to confront harsh realities and make difficult decisions. It was a time when the buoyant market of previous years retreated, leaving many
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We, at Pentathlon Ventures, announced the first close of our Fund2 in September 2023. This is a big milestone in the journey of our young fund-house. Since day one, or rather Fund 1, we’ve been different in our ways. We started with 6 partners coming together. Five of us came with successful entrepreneurial backgrounds, rather
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B2B SaaS has become the prevailing norm in the B2B tech industry. Not only are customers benefiting from this approach, but markets are also rewarding companies with better valuations because of their recurring revenue. In 2022, SaaS surpassed Fintech as the leading category among unicorns in India, with a third of the 100+ unicorns being
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Following up on my previous article on Serviceable Leadable market, this article details out how exactly SLM is to be defined and then captured. Think ‘within’ the box Sudhanshu Srivastav (Anshu), Investor (VC Funds), Advisor – Startups, visualises SLMs, using the concept of multi-dimensional “box”. Anshu asks his mentees to aim to be #1 in
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At our fund for seed stage B2B Tech startups, the Annual Recurring Revenues (ARRs) are typically 100k USD onwards. But in every deck that we see has the Total Available Market (TAM) pegged above a Billion Dollars! Then the Serviceable Available Market (SAM) and Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM) are often some percentage of the TAM.
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