Where India Went Wrong in Tech
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Episode 6 of the Next Big Opportunity Manav Garg sits down in conversation with Paras Chopra, the founder & chairman of Wingify, who bootstrapped his startup to a $200M exit - long before venture capital found its craze. But Paras didn’t stop there. Now with his latest venture Lossffunk, Paras is going deeper into the world of AI, community-led innovation, and building for the next frontier of technology.
This episode dives into:
The state of AI in India — and why we're not there yet
- Paras’s take on Frontier AI, creativity, and the rise of open-source models
- The importance of research, community-building, and a culture of curiosity
- Lessons from building and exiting Wingify — and what founders should know
- Startups, VCs, funding cycles & the real markers of value creation
- Paras’s daily workflow, thinking patterns, and what fuels big ideas
From economic mobility to India's innovation gap, Paras offers a clear, honest, and hopeful roadmap for what's possible when smart people build with purpose — and why India needs better infrastructure and mentorship to create the next trillion-dollar deep tech company.
