AI Agents Are Breaking the Internet’s Ad Model

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 …

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

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, Mu…

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

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 globa…

India's Food Regulator Is Done Being Quiet

Misleading packaging, restaurant inspections and scrutiny of the kitchens behind your delivery apps: FSSAI is sharpening its enforcement. ET's FMCG editor Ratna Bhushan talks to FSSAI chief Rajit Punhani about holding food businesses accountable, taking regulatory action public, and the proposed ch…

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

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 so…

Fireflies’ Krish Ramineni on AI Teammates and the Future of Knowledge

AI is moving from experimental technology to an increasingly powerful part of everyday work. At The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Krish Ramineni, Founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, joins ET’s Himanshi Lohchab to discuss AI agents, the future of knowledge work, India’s AI opportunity, and why fa…

Deedy Das: AI’s Cyber Threat, India’s IT Jobs and Why OpenAI Is Undervalued

AI investment is soaring, but who will ultimately capture the value—and who will be displaced? Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das explains why Anthropic’s enterprise bet paid off, why OpenAI and its rivals may be undervalued, and what follows the current infrastructure boom. He also delivers a stark …

McKinsey’s Cheryl Lim on Asia’s New Leadership Model, AI and Talent

What makes some CEOs and founders successful? At The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Cheryl Lim, Partner at McKinsey & Company, joins ET’s Anirban Chowdhury to explore the mindsets and behaviours that drive long-term value creation, how leaders balance big ambitions with disciplined execution, …

Ashwini Vaishnaw on Semiconductors, AI Risks and Techno-Legal Regulation

India is scaling its semiconductor ecosystem as AI development accelerates—and both are raising new questions around technology, investment and regulation. In this Corner Office Conversation, Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks to ET’s tech editor Surabhi Agarwal about Semicon 2.0, …

Sun Life’s Kevin Strain on FDI, Bancassurance and More

India has opened insurance to 100% foreign ownership. But Sun Life CEO Kevin Strain says ownership is less important than building the right business—and that the company currently works better alongside the Aditya Birla Group than alone. In this conversation from the Economic Times World Leaders F…