When Aakrit Vaish and Swapan Rajdev founded Haptik in 2013, artificial intelligence was still an emerging concept in India. Their vision was simple yet transformative — use conversational AI to make interactions between people and businesses more seamless, intelligent, and efficient. What started as a personal assistant chatbot app soon evolved into one of the …
India’s startup ecosystem, the third-largest globally, is a vibrant hub of innovation, with over 1.57 lakh startups and 100+ unicorns as of December 2024. Fueled by a young, tech-savvy population, government initiatives like Startup India, and $141 billion in funding from 2014 to mid-2023, the ecosystem is poised for exponential growth. However, challenges like regulatory …