Sajith Pai on India's Digital Divide

Today my guest is Sajith Pai, who is a Partner at Blume Ventures, an early stage Indian venture fund. He is also a well known writer, and the author of the annual Indus Valley Report. We spoke about the trends in the latest Indus Valley Report, the stratifications in Indian consumer markets, investor sentiment, policies and infrastructure to foster the AI boom in India, the AI start-up scene and much more.

Recorded March 6th, 2025.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:32 - 2025 Trends

00:24:30 - Last Year vs. This Year

00:32:25 - The Role of Artificial Intelligence

00:45:59 - Artificial Intelligence Startup Scene

01:16:40 - Sajith’s Reading Habits

01:22:20 - Outro