Who Owns Intelligence

Show Intro And Guest

Sudeep’s AI Journey

How AI Shifted Post ChatGPT

Why Adaption Built Smaller Models

Rising AI Costs And Jevons Paradox

Own The Model Not Just Data

Enterprise Moats And Differentiation

Geopolitics And Sovereign AI

Power Concentration And Democratizing AI

Talent Wars And Building Globally

Funding Unit Economics And India Plans

Researcher To Founder Mindset

Keeping Pace With Rapid Innovation

Future Breakthroughs And Final Warning

Wrap Up and Credits

AI is getting better, cheaper and increasingly specialized. At The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Sudip Roy, Co-Founder and CTO of Adaption, joins ET’s Swathi Moorthy to discuss why the next phase of AI may be less about building ever-larger models and more about adaptation, efficiency, and solving specific enterprise problems.

AI is getting better, cheaper and increasingly specialized. At The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Sudip Roy, Co-Founder and CTO of Adaption, joins ET&rsquo;s Swathi Moorthy to discuss why the next phase of AI may be less about building ever-larger models and more about adaptation, efficiency, and solving specific enterprise problems.

Corner Office Conversation is The Economic Times’ flagship interview podcast featuring unfiltered, one-on-one conversations with some of India and the world’s most powerful business leaders.

Hosted by ET’s top journalists and editors, this fortnightly show goes beyond headlines and press releases to explore how CEOs and founders think, decide, and lead in an era of disruption.

From Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), and Roland Busch (Siemens) to Adar Poonawalla (Serum Institute), Suresh Narayanan (Nestlé India), and Ravi Kumar S (Cognizant), these conversations uncover personal leadership playbooks, global strategy pivots, lessons from failures, and bold visions for the future — across industries like tech, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and consumer goods.

New episodes drop every alternate Monday.

Corner Office Conversation is The Economic Times&rsquo; flagship interview podcast featuring unfiltered, one-on-one conversations with some of India and the world&rsquo;s most powerful business leaders.
Hosted by ET&rsquo;s top journalists and editors, this fortnightly show goes beyond headlines and press releases to explore how CEOs and founders think, decide, and lead in an era of disruption.
From Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), and Roland Busch (Siemens) to Adar Poonawalla (Serum Institute), Suresh Narayanan (Nestl&eacute; India), and Ravi Kumar S (Cognizant), these conversations uncover personal leadership playbooks, global strategy pivots, lessons from failures, and bold visions for the future &mdash; across industries like tech, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and consumer goods.
New episodes drop every alternate Monday.

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Adaption’s Sudip Roy on Rethinking How AI Models Are Built

How Agents Reshape Commerce

India Economics and Vertical Agents

Outcome Based Pricing

Enterprise Meets Personal Agents

Real Life AI Assistant Stories

When AI agents book your flights, buy your groceries and pick your hotels, no one is scrolling, and no one sees an ad. So how does the internet make money?

 

Lightspeed India partners Harsha Kumar and Hemanth Mohapatra explain which purchases agents will take over and which will stay human. They also cover why you can’t upsell an AI agent, what that means for the ad-based internet, and why India may prefer paying per outcome over subscriptions. They make the case for vertical AI built for tier-two and tier-three India, compare today’s AI wave with the dot-com era, and share how they use AI assistants themselves.

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Check out other interesting episodes like: How Will a Volatile ₹ Impact You in 2026?, How Quick Commerce is Triggering a Health Crisis for Gen Z, Two Women Fought to Change India's Maternity Laws...and Succeeded,Can India Truly End Naxalism?, Semaglutide Goes Generic: Big Pharma’s Moat Breaks  and much more.

Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Youtube.

When AI agents book your flights, buy your groceries and pick your hotels, no one is scrolling, and no one sees an ad. So how does the internet make money?
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Lightspeed India partners Harsha Kumar and Hemanth Mohapatra explain which purchases agents will take over and which will stay human. They also cover why you can&rsquo;t upsell an AI agent, what that means for the ad-based internet, and why India may prefer paying per outcome over subscriptions. They make the case for vertical AI built for tier-two and tier-three India, compare today&rsquo;s AI wave with the dot-com era, and share how they use AI assistants themselves. Tune in. You can follow Himanshi Lohchab on her social media: <a href="https://x.com/HimanshiET">X</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/himanshi-lohchab-751804173/">Linkedin</a>
Check out other interesting episodes like:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000742733036"> How Will a Volatile ₹ Impact You in 2026?</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000740924439"> How Quick Commerce is Triggering a Health Crisis for Gen Z</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000760362789">Two Women Fought to Change India's Maternity Laws...and Succeeded</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000738205536"> </a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000757611462">Can India Truly End Naxalism?</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000756051799">Semaglutide Goes Generic: Big Pharma&rsquo;s Moat Breaks</a>&nbsp; and<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777"> much more</a>.
Catch the latest episode of &lsquo;The Morning Brief&rsquo; on<a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/podcast?from=mdr"> The Economic Times Online</a>,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6PL5kfPbwURBEu6fHCVTOL?si=26ec0fbfa7134fea"> Spotify</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777"> Apple Podcasts</a>,<a href="https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/the-morning-brief/1/GNPiFQD2xpY_"> JioSaavn</a>,<a href="https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/f378141f-9afb-495d-83da-9b08ec5047ac/the-morning-brief"> Amazon Music</a> and<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@theetpodcasts"> Youtube</a>.

AI Agents Are Breaking the Internet’s Ad Model

 Vibe Coding Revolution

Mukund and Emergent Rise

Who Gets to Build

From Simple Apps to Superapps

Contrarian Founder Mindset

Origin Insight Coding Agents

Dunzo Lessons Growth Endurance

Second Mover Edge in AI

End to End Hosting Advantage

Democratizing Software for SMBs

Risks Cyberattacks Misalignment

AI Risks and Trust

Small Business Adoption

Quirky AI Use Cases

Local Builders Rising

Moats in AI Platforms

Hypergrowth Economics

Improving Margins

Tracking App Success

IPO and Profitability

VibeCon Global Vision

Future of Builders

Closing Credits

What if you didn’t need a tech team, or any code, to build software?
In this episode of Corner Office Conversation, Anirban Chowdhury sits down with Mukund Jha, Founder and CEO of Emergent, the AI platform where anyone with an idea can build a real, hosted, working app. A former Google engineer, Mukund also co-founded Dunzo, the unicorn that became a verb in India...and then folded.
He shares hard-won Dunzo lessons on growth versus endurance, focus and unit economics, and why second-mover advantage matters in AI. Emergent says 18 million apps have been built on it. Mukund believes anyone could soon build any software without code.

What if you didn&rsquo;t need a tech team, or any code, to build software? In this episode of Corner Office Conversation, Anirban Chowdhury sits down with Mukund Jha, Founder and CEO of Emergent, the AI platform where anyone with an idea can build a real, hosted, working app. A former Google engineer, Mukund also co-founded Dunzo, the unicorn that became a verb in India...and then folded. He shares hard-won Dunzo lessons on growth versus endurance, focus and unit economics, and why second-mover advantage matters in AI. Emergent says 18 million apps have been built on it. Mukund believes anyone could soon build any software without code.

The $1.5 Billion Bet on a World Without Coders | Emergent’s Mukund Jha

Race To Do Right

Meet Laila Ibrahim

AI Risk And Stewardship

Regulation Versus Speed

Chief Readiness Role

India Innovation Tour

 AI For Farmers

Scaling India Solutions

AI In Education

Global Power And Divide

India Edge In AI

AI At Home

DeepMind Early Days

Final Responsibility Message

As AI becomes more powerful, who gets to shape its direction—and share its benefits? ET’s tech editor Surabhi Agarwal speaks to Google DeepMind’s Chief AI Readiness Officer, Lila Ibrahim, about the tension between rapid development and responsible deployment. They discuss India’s place in the global AI race, the role of teachers in AI-enabled classrooms, and research that could help farmers grow more resilient crops. Ibrahim also reflects on responsibility inside DeepMind, the work around AlphaFold, and the everyday ways she uses AI as a parent. A conversation about preparing people and institutions for a technology already changing their lives.

As AI becomes more powerful, who gets to shape its direction&mdash;and share its benefits? ET&rsquo;s tech editor Surabhi Agarwal speaks to Google DeepMind&rsquo;s Chief AI Readiness Officer, Lila Ibrahim, about the tension between rapid development and responsible deployment. They discuss India&rsquo;s place in the global AI race, the role of teachers in AI-enabled classrooms, and research that could help farmers grow more resilient crops. Ibrahim also reflects on responsibility inside DeepMind, the work around AlphaFold, and the everyday ways she uses AI as a parent. A conversation about preparing people and institutions for a technology already changing their lives.

Who Gets Left Behind by AI? Google DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim

Adaption’s Sudip Roy on Rethinking How AI Models Are Built

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