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How do you build a ₹100 Crore AI startup in India in 2025 — and scale it into a global enterprise AI software company?

In this episode of AI-GNITION Podcast, Himanshu Upreti (IIT & Forbes 30 Under 30) shares his Indian tech startup story — how he left a high-paying Visa engineering job in 2018, before the AI boom, to build AI Palette into a serious AI SaaS startup from India.

Instead of launching just another chatbot, he built an AI analytics platform powering Fortune 500 AI case studies — helping global CPG giants analyze billions of data points, predict trends, and launch winning products in new markets.

This is more than an AI founder interview. It’s a real AI startup case study on AI product strategy, enterprise AI scale strategy, startup valuation, and what it actually takes to get a startup acquired.

If you're exploring AI business ideas in 2025, building an AI startup in India, or thinking about how to build an AI business that replaces traditional consulting — this episode is a masterclass.

00:00 From Uttarakhand to a ₹100 Cr AI Exit: The Journey of an IIT Founder
04:30 The Road Less Travelled: From an Army Family to IIT
15:00 Burn the Boats: Why Your Startup Needs NO Backup Plan
22:00 How AI Predicts What You’ll Drink Next
28:00 The Trust Bug: Why Hallucinations Kill Enterprise AI
38:00 The Brutal Truth: Why Selling AI in the US is 10x Easier
41:30 VC Secrets: FOMO, AI Wrappers & the Retention Trap
51:00 Painkillers vs. Vitamins: Will Your AI Startup Survive?
1:00:00 The Death of Separate Apps: Is OpenAI the Final Super App?
1:07:30 Why Every Billion-Dollar Founder Is Secretly Delusional
1:11:45 The Rise of the Solo Billionaire & Why the IIT Tag Is Fading

This episode covers:
• How to build an AI startup from scratch
• AI entrepreneur insights from India’s startup ecosystem
• Enterprise AI vs ChatGPT hype
• AI valuation reality — what ₹100 Crore actually means
• How to scale AI SaaS globally
• How to get your startup acquired
• How AI is replacing consulting firms
• AI trends 2025 in India
• How AI PMs should think like SaaS founders

If you're an AI founder, SaaS founder in India, AI product manager, builder, or startup enthusiast — this is required listening.

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