Founder Fireside: Scaling AI Startups

An intimate evening with founders who've built AI companies from scratch.

Speakers

Aditya Nair

Co-Founder, Haptik (Acquired by Reliance)

• Built India's largest conversational AI platform
• Scaled to 100M+ monthly conversations
• ₹700Cr+ acquisition

Sneha Kapoor

Founder, VoiceAI (Series B)

• Voice AI for Indian languages
• Serving 50+ enterprise clients
• ₹80Cr ARR

Key Takeaways

On Product-Market Fit

"We pivoted 3 times before finding our wedge. The key was talking to 100 customers, not 10." - Aditya

On Hiring

"Your first 10 hires determine your culture forever. Hire slowly, fire fast." - Sneha

On Fundraising

"Indian VCs understand AI now. 3 years ago, we had to explain transformers. Now they ask about your moat." - Aditya

On Scaling

"Enterprise sales in India is relationship-driven. Build trust before you pitch." - Sneha

Q&A Highlights

• How to price AI products in India
• When to expand beyond India
• Building vs buying foundation models
• Managing AI talent in competitive market

Recording available exclusively to AGI House members.