·Digital transformation
When We Stopped Taking Things Apart
How abstraction, AI, and frictionless systems may be reshaping confidence, cognition, and first-principles thinking
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Ajay Chacko
Director | Keya Foods International
#Digital Transformation
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·Digital transformation
Maps, History, and Finding the Throughline
AI-driven, multi-layered maps could change how we understand power, culture, and the choices future generations will inherit
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Shrinath V
Founder, The Salient Advisory | Product & AI Strategy Advisor
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
AI171: Human Error, Design Flaw, or Something Else?
The mystery lives on. But now we have facts
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
Nuance is the new differentiator
When every team has access to the same AI tools, your advantage will be in knowing what wasn’t said
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Shrinath V
Founder, The Salient Advisory | Product & AI Strategy Advisor
·Digital transformation
AI in Schools: Not a Generational Divide, but a Dialogue Waiting to Happen
Two years since ChatGPT entered classrooms, students and teachers are already using AI in everyday learning. Official policies may be slow to catch up, but a quiet reckoning is underway—through whispers, workarounds, and growing calls for clarity
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Ipsita Bandyopadhyay & Ishani Ray
·Digital transformation
Embracing AI without losing ourselves
As the machines are advancing relentlessly, do we let AI think for us, or do we stay actively human?
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Kavi Arasu
Leadership and Talent Development Professional
·Digital transformation
AI in Academia: The Grind, the Gain, and the Great Recalibration
Rather than fighting the use of AI in the classroom, it’s time to reimagine the real goals of learning and teaching
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Kavi Arasu
Leadership and Talent Development Professional
·Digital transformation
AMA on EVs with Hormazd Sorabjee and Pranav S: 22 Takeaways
Whom is an EV best for? What is the viable life of an EV? Do they have resale value? These and more questions answered
·Consumer Tech
What they don’t tell you about EVs in India
A guide to owning electric cars and scooters—from ease of use, to running costs, charging networks, reliability, and more
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Pranav Srivilasan
Independent consultant and writer
·Digital transformation
The Age of Information
Insights from Yuval Noah Harari’s book ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’
·Platforms & Data Economy
Fintech Special Report Part 3: The limits of algos
Fintechs bet on data and algos to know the credit-worthiness of the underserved. However, there's a gap in what the data can reveal because of consumer behaviour. Part 3 of a 4-part series
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
When India made its first computer
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) had a pivotal role in shaping India’s computer-tech capability, as early as the 1960s. An extract from ‘Against All Odds: The IT Story of India’ by Kris Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu and Krishnan Narayanan
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Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
FF Insights 712: Tech & the three crises facing humanity
August 8, 2022: SuperSable, Problem with Instagram?, Gender and physics
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Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
How Nandan Nilekani learnt to use tech mindfully
#Beacon2022 Festival Special: Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani talk about digital hygiene, making tech choices, holding your own in the attention economy, enabling serendipity, cryptocurrency and more
·Digital transformation
FF Insights #601: The purpose of technology
March 2, 2022: Yuval Noah Harari on Ukraine, Re-imagining workplaces, A new emotion
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Founding Fuel
·Consumer Tech
Make your old devices useful again
December 4, 2021 | FF Daily#540: FF Recommends repurposing your old devices
FF
Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
A digital immigrant’s initiation into the digital-first world
November 27, 2021 | FF Daily #534: FF Recommends, go digital
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Founding Fuel
·Consumer Tech
How to choose the right electric scooter: A buying guide
November 20, 2021 | FF Daily #528: Advice on what to consider from a user who has researched the options and has used an electric scooter for a couple of years now
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C S Swaminathan
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Consumer Tech
FF Recommends: Mesh Networks
November 6, 2021 | FF Daily #516: For seamless access to high-speed, uninterrupted Wi-Fi
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Consumer Tech
How to take videos that don’t shake
October 16, 2021 | FF Daily #500: FF Recommends handheld gimbals
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
FF Daily #415: Preparing for the dangers from tech advancement
July 5, 2021: Amartya Sen on bicycles; The anatomy of social media; Internet notifications
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Founding Fuel
·Platforms & Data Economy
Could NFTs redefine equal opportunity in a digital art world?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can democratize access, amplify an artist’s, especially a woman’s, voice and choice, and promote allyship
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Aparajita (Opu) Bhattacharyya
Product Strategy & Monetization | Microsoft Azure, Seattle
·Digital transformation
FF Daily #319: A Jio OS?
March 10, 2021: The limits of what data can tell you; How to make the robot dance; The inevitable future
FF
Founding Fuel
·Platforms & Data Economy
How tech firms are eating media
This Week in Disruptive Tech | January 27, 2021: The media business; Sangeet Paul Choudary on empowering workers; Will Clubhouse click in India
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
The age of disruptive imitation
This Week in Disruptive Tech | December 3, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
FF Daily #247: FF Recommends | How to think about technology
December 5, 2020: Our consumption of technology has shot up. Is it bad? It depends
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
The Oxford vaccine & potato chips; edtech & WhiteHat Jr; Windows 1
This Week in Disruptive Tech | November 25, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Platforms & Data Economy
How UPI scaled up; What's behind Apple's Mac chips: Climate change and music
This Week in Disruptive Tech | November 4, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Platforms & Data Economy
Ecommerce in festive season; China’s tech war; Investing in disruptive tech
This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 21, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
IBM spins off tech services; UK probes Cambridge Analytica; Big Tech & AI
This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 14, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Platforms & Data Economy
App store wars; Virtual commute; Digital tracing apps—too little, too late?
This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 8, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
Google tax; An air quality solution; How to think about AI
This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 1, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
Fantasy sports & future of sports; Facebook & hate speech; Contact tracing
This Week in Disruptive Tech | September 16, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Platforms & Data Economy
The race to build a ‘desi’ Super App
Last week, the Tatas announced their plans to launch a Super App. A whole bunch of global tech giants like Google, WhatsApp and Amazon and a behemoth like Reliance Jio are preparing to jump into the fray in India. And cement their dominance of a trillion dollar digital economy
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Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
·Digital transformation
Luminar IPO & Spacs, Tatas super app, and GM mosquitoes
This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 26, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
A brief history of the internet in India
It’s the 25th anniversary of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) launching the first publicly available internet service in India. Charles Assisi recounts his early experience with the technology that killed distance and democratised knowledge
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Consumer Tech
What’s playing next? And where?
In Episode 3 of TAMG, father-son duo Damodar and Harsh Mall discuss the streaming habit, gaming, what theatres can do to get audiences back, and a lot more around the future of entertainment
·Digital transformation
Facebook, Google and Jio—the China Playbook
This Week in Disruptive Tech | July 15, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
What Richard Feynman can teach us about coronavirus strategy
This Week in Disruptive Tech | July 08, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Platforms & Data Economy
Chinese app ban: Four scenarios on how it might play out
This Week in Disruptive Tech | July 01, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
How to experiment for the new new world
This Week in Disruptive Tech | June 24, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Consumer Tech
During lockdown, at midnight. A movie party connects dispersed friends
The Sholay generation knew how to party over movies with friends. Netflix Party wants to recreate the experience for millennials. Apparently, the crazier the movie, the better it is
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Piyul Mukherjee
Co-Founder | Quipper Research Private Limited
·Digital transformation
Product, pricing and philosophy
February 17, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology. In this issue: Swiggy’s partnerships, Tesla’s pricing and Silicon Valley’s fascination with Yuval Harari
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
The ambitious and their enemies
January 07, 2020: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Oyo’s pitfalls on the fast track, He Jiankui and gene editing, Facebook’s efforts to build an operating system, micro-mobility, and Digital India's tech gaps
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Privacy and Data Protection
Bias in algorithms, patients' data and zombie capital
November 17, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Apple Card and bias, Google and health data, and do VCs matter
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
The man and the machine
August 19, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: AI-assisted app development, solar roads, biofuels, micro ATMs and brain-AI integration
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
The balancing act
July 9, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Nudge vs. boost, Superhuman fiasco, Monopoly’s origins, Amazon’s liability and problems with brain restoration
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
Technology is politics
July 3, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Huawei, AltSchool, Sidewalk Labs, Chernobyl and mobile market
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
The importance of asking the right question
June 2, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Uber’s impact on taxi drivers, Ather Energy, Huawei, AI pizza checker and more
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Digital transformation
How do you eat an elephant?
May 26, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: How X bridges tech-policy gap; data ownership; election predictions; Facebook and insurance frauds
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel