The Waggle Dance

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Startup Strategy

In 2025, Physics Wallah surged with ₹1,940 crore revenue yet net losses surged due to accounting adjustments; Byju’s remains mired in insolvency after dramatic valuation collapse; Unacademy is now “default alive,” cutting cash burn from ₹1,000 crore to ₹200 crore and stabilizing with profitable offline centers.

Startup Strategy

Krutrim, Ola’s AI arm, has launched sovereign AI infrastructure, built a multilingual LLM with 2 trillion tokens, and unveiled Kruti, India’s first agentic AI assistant. With $230M backing and public sector partnerships, Krutrim positions itself as India’s answer to global AI leaders, despite cultural and execution challenges.

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