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A churn in venture capital collides with the fear of missing the AI wave, while the Ajay Singh-led airline’s recurring crises raise deeper questions.

Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of India, transacts in momentum. Venture capital investors and founders alike, everyone is driven by it. Right now, any sort of momentum is missing.
Several venture investors and founders I met in the city earlier this month are anxious. Their fear finds its roots in artificial intelligence. The narrative of the early years of the Bharat opportunity, the China-plus-one investing strategy and the look-East clarion call has frayed because AI dominates all discussions now, and much of the action in AI is in the US and China. The funds sitting in Bengaluru can neither invest in …
The Walmart-owned e-commerce company has entered microdramas and food delivery. Is it thinking long-term or just chasing a trend?