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Nithin Kamath tells startups to stop leading pitches with AI
Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath has warned startup founders that claiming “we use AI” is no longer a convincing investment pitch. In a post reported by LiveMint, Kamath said such openings had become…
The Story in Brief
Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath has warned startup founders that claiming “we use AI” is no longer a convincing investment pitch. In a post reported by LiveMint, Kamath said such openings had become so common that he often stopped reading the decks. He compared boasting about AI use with boasting about taking a daily bath. Kamath said founders should instead explain why AI is needed, how they will manage security risks and how they will evaluate high-stakes decisions.
Times Now reports that Kamath made the comments on X, while LiveMint identifies LinkedIn as the platform. He also cautioned against using generic, AI-generated pitch decks.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy narrative is that adding AI automatically makes a startup innovative, while the opposite lazy reaction dismisses every AI business as hype. Neither helps investors or customers. The useful test is whether a rival can use the same model and quickly copy the product. If so, founders need to show a durable advantage through data, workflow, distribution or execution. Future pitches should be judged by those specifics, not by the number of AI references in the first slide.
Sources (2): livemint.com, timesnownews.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
