The Nutgraf

Apr 11 2025 10 ep. 7 mins 8
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The audio edition of The Ken’s popular weekend newsletter, The Nutgraf. Every Saturday, author and host Praveen Gopal Krishnan reads aloud his latest edition where he synthesizes and tells a story about the most interesting thing that happened that week in India’s business, tech and startup scene.

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Ola Electric didn’t stop digging (trailer)

Apr 11 2025 3 mins  
How many vehicles does Ola Electric actually sell in a month?Nobody knows the answer.In February 2025, the firm sold 25,000 scooters, but only 8,390 were registered on the government’s VAHAN portal. This discrepancy exists due to a renegotiation of contracts with two firms that carry out registration of vehicles for the EV maker.If you are a public company in the business of maki

India is the mark (trailer)

Apr 04 2025 4 mins  
On Thursday, Piyush Goyal, India's commerce minister, kicked the hornet's nest with his comments on the country's startups.Essentially, Goyal’s main complaint was… “why are Indian startups like this? Just look at China."As the minister’s remarks went viral, India’s startup leaders, executives, and thought leaders took a break from making Studio Ghibli-style AI images and

An IPL whodunit (trailer)

Mar 21 2025 3 mins  
Mayhem rules as India’s ad agencies get raided over alleged price-fixing—three days before India’s biggest marketing event.Praveen Gopal Krishnan explores why in this week's edition of The Nutgraf.--------You can stream the full episode on The Ken app with a Premium subscription or on Apple Podcasts for just Rs 199/-.The Ken - https://the-ken.com/podcasts/the-nutgraf/an-ipl-w

Starlink’s toe-hold in India (trailer)

Mar 14 2025 3 mins  
On Tuesday, Airtel announced that it had reached an agreement with SpaceX to distribute Starlink’s high-speed internet service to customers in India.By Wednesday morning, the business papers were in a predictable frenzy. The development was described as a masterstroke orchestrated by Airtel to get the upper hand over Jio, its competitor.A few hours later, Reliance Jio came out wi

Everything Everywhere Ola at Once (trailer)

Mar 07 2025 3 mins  
Ola is the only company that exists across nearly every single universe in India. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of universes where Ola the company exists today: Ride-sharing. Electric Vehicles. AI. Quick-commerce. Food delivery. Lending. Credit card. Chip Manufacturing. Maps. Battery Manufacturing. Cloud services. Insurance. Financial services.For a long time, Ola was rich, famous

Jiohotstar is not content

Feb 28 2025 11 mins  
Jiohotstar is practically India’s default streaming app, with access to the country's default sporting event. Jiohotstar doesn’t need a strategy anymore—it is the consequence of a successful strategy.And yet, as we’re finding out, Jiohotstar isn’t content. All of this is still not enough. Why?Tune in to find out.--------You can read this edition here: https://the-ken.com/

Here's how the Swiggy, Zomato duopoly might crack

Feb 21 2025 16 mins  
Rapido and Meesho made Uber and Flipkart blink. And both companies did it by following a similar playbook. How exactly? Who is next?Tune in to find out.--------You can read this edition here.You can listen to the Two by Two episode referenced here.--------This is the audio edition of The Ken’s popular weekend newsletter, The Nutgraf.Every Saturday, author and host Praveen Gopal K

Youtube missed

Feb 14 2025 12 mins  
For me, the real story of India’s Got Latent isn’t about free speech, vulgarity, obscenity, or culture. It’s actually a story of what happens when “new” television tries to take on “old” television. Youtube took a swipe at the old world. And the old world punched back and gave it a bloody nose.What lessons do Samay Raina and India's Got Latent have for the media busin

Shein on you crazy diamond

Feb 07 2025 14 mins  
So the rumours were true. Five years after it was banned, Chinese fast-fashion platform is all set to be relaunched in India through a partnership with Reliance. For all practical purposes, this translates to Reliance “owning” Shein in India now. But while at first this may seem like a win for Reliance, there's more to this deal than meets the eye. Think about it — If you tak

Introducing The Nutgraf

Feb 06 2025 3 mins  
Welcome to the audio edition of The Ken’s popular weekend newsletter, The Nutgraf. Every Saturday, author and host Praveen Gopal Krishnan reads aloud his latest edition where he synthesizes and tells a story about the most interesting thing that happened that week in India’s business, tech and startup scene.