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Yatharth Jain and the answer hiding in plain sight
From customer-service operations to Knowmax, Yatharth Jain has kept returning to one problem: the company knows the answer, but the person helping you cannot find it. Now he is taking that same question into the age of AI agents.
Centricity keeps the human in wealthtech
The former private bankers behind Centricity are giving independent advisers a bigger toolkit and wealthy families a clearer view. Their bet: better software can make a relationship business travel further.
PedalStart bets on the work between cheques
A pitch can win a meeting. PedalStart’s wager is that repeated work on customers, pricing and hiring can turn that meeting into a business worth backing again.
Atul Mehta and the promise after checkout
From Unilever’s brands to Amazon Pantry and Shiprocket, Atul Mehta has followed the customer beyond the sale. His work now begins where a shopping cart’s apparent victory ends.
Dilsher Malhi and the business of one more round
A schoolboy’s pen-fighting tournaments became a career in digital play. After building Zupee around familiar Indian games, Dilsher Malhi is confronting what happens when the rules of the business change.
Dinesh Lodha and the value of a step down
A move from finance into a lower-ranking supply-chain job helped Dinesh Lodha reach the CEO’s office. At Medikabazaar, that winding career now meets a demanding assignment: making growth pay its way.
Sanaa Khan and the fortune that needed a plan
For Sanaa Zia Khan, a successful investment is only part of the story. The Invictus founding-team member is asking who makes the decisions, how the pieces fit together, and what a family intends to leave behind.
Tanuj Luthra and the weeks before the sale
Before a car is sold, someone has to understand the person considering it. At CarDekho Group, Tanuj Luthra brings a career in media revenue to the long, sometimes untidy business of making up your mind.
India Accelerator Wants a Seat at the Workbench
The Gurugram firm has built a business around the work that follows a funding announcement. Its bet: founders need help finding customers, testing assumptions and opening industry doors as much as they need capital.
BRIL wants to fix the workflow before you buy more AI
A hospital app offers a useful window into BRIL Consultancy Services: connect the records, untangle the handoffs, and give someone responsibility for what happens next.
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HONO
HONO is an AI-native HR technology company that runs the full employee lifecycle - hire to retire - on a single platform spanning core HR, global payroll, talent management and workforce analytics. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Gurugram, India, HONO layers conversational AI over enterprise HR operations and in 2026 launched what it calls the world's first 'headless' HRMS, replacing navigation-heavy screens with a natural-language execution engine. It serves 300+ enterprise clients across 30+ countries, covering over a million employees.
SplashLearn
SplashLearn (operated by StudyPad, Inc.) is a game-based learning platform for children in preschool through Grade 5, focused on math and reading. Founded in 2010 by four friends who saw the iPad as a natural learning device for kids, it now serves more than 40 million learners across 150+ countries and is used by hundreds of thousands of teachers and schools. The platform pairs an adaptive, curriculum-aligned library of 6,500+ games and activities with live small-group classes, aiming to turn children into confident, self-motivated learners.
TrueFan AI
TrueFan AI is an India-based generative-AI company that builds a B2B platform for producing hyper-personalized, studio-quality video at scale. From a single short recording it can generate localized videos in 175+ languages, letting enterprises turn one shoot into thousands of tailored marketing, sales and communication videos. Founded in 2020 as a celebrity fan-engagement app, it pivoted in 2024 into an enterprise video-generation business now used by 100+ companies across banking, insurance, healthcare, retail and media.