Today’s episode connects fresh AI capital, a landmark move for gig workers, and the compute shift powering next-gen models — with founder playbooks on money management and rewards.

News Highlights

• Google × Accel to co-back India AI founders — up to $2M each for India and diaspora AI startups.
  

• India formally recognises ~12M gig workers — platforms to contribute 1–2% of revenue; only ~300k registered so far.
  

• “The Nine Indias” — why $2,400 per-capita misleads; top 15% households earn ~68% of income; bottom 90% at ~$900/person.
  

• White House launches Genesis Mission for AI — a national AI push on US supercomputers.
  

• Google’s Ironwood TPUs take on Nvidia — 7th-gen TPUs go public as big AI workloads shift.

Guest Segments

1/ Dhruv Pathak — Co-founder & CTO, INDmoney: The net-worth app helping 10M+ Indians track and grow money — product, trust, and what unlocks the next 10M.

2/ Ashish Lath — Founder & CEO, SaveSage: Turning unused credit-card and loyalty rewards into real savings — converting points into tangible value at scale.

This episode is made possible by Smartworks, India’s largest managed office platform.

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