Innovative Business Ideas Across Various Industries

Ideas do matter, and finding quality ideas is hard, as many new ideas may seem stupid initially, but can lead to huge success.

### Antler India's Report: 100 Exciting Startup Ideas for the Indian Market
* 🚀 "Over the years, I've learned that ideas do matter, and finding quality ideas is hard because many new ideas actually **look or sound really stupid**."
* 🐶 **Consumer Ideas:** Amit Kumar Agarwal suggests tapping into India's growing pet market, Anand Daniel is bullish on startups serving rural Indian customers, and Anand Luna sees an opportunity for a Khan Academy-like platform for affordable education.
* 🧠 AI: Isaam Dash envisions an **AI implementation service for enterprises**, Jitendra Gupta believes AI can **transform personal finance**, and Shubam Sandip proposes building **AI model compression technology**.
* 🛒 D2C and Onc: Adnan Ahmed Ansari sees a startup opportunity in the E-Pharmacy market, Manoj Gupta suggests integrating a **multilingual voice interface for WhatsApp shopping**, and Sandeep VII highlights the need for mechanisms to **build trust on the Open Network for Digital Commerce**.
* 💸 Fintech: BG Mahesh foresees a rise in startups offering **data protection solutions**, Midul Aurora envisions a MISHO-like platform for **democratizing financial services**, and Nitin Kamath sees a need to help retail investors **manage risk behavior**.
* 🧬 **Deep Tech:** Anu Agarwal proposes merging brains with AI, Lit Kri advocates for community farming to overcome land fragmentation, and Rajiv Shashah predicts that **AR and VR will drive significant changes across various industries**.
* 🏥 **Aditya Go suggests democratizing cancer care through technological solutions**, **Anant Narayan sees an opportunity for AI-powered mental health services**, and **Gauri Shankar Nagarajan envisions a digital platform to simplify the hospital checkout process**.
* 📊 SaaS: Krishna Heg believes there's a need for a technology stack to **empower India's gig workforce**, Pal Nandani proposes a tool to **streamline application workflows**, and Shri Krishna Ganesan suggests creating a **customer rating and review system for B2B vendors**.

begin, one of the things that I've done a u-turn on in the last few years is that ideas are important. You know, for a very long time, being an entrepreneur, being a hacker myself, I used to always be of the belief that ideas are not that important, execution is. But you know what, when you've been in the space for like more than a decade, you learn that yes, while execution is very, very important and very few people can do quality execution, ideas actually do matter. Kunal says this best, right? He says there are so many areas in India, there are like deserts where you could go build a dam, but you're not going to get anything, and there are some rare spaces where there is water and you can build a dam, and you can actually make money. He's talking about this in the context of money, where he says that some ideas, you could really work really, really hard, but the market simply doesn't support what you want to do, there's no customer demand, and therefore you will waste years of your.

life over the years, I become much more sensitive to the fact that ideas do matter, and finding quality ideas is hard because a lot of new ideas actually look or sound really stupid. In the early days, in fact, think about Snapchat. Most people who heard the idea for Snapchat, which was hey, I will send a message to somebody else and it's going to disappear after a few seconds, most people, including me, would say that is a stupid idea. But the Snapchat Founders continued on that path, and they realized there is a market for people, especially youngsters, who would be sending these messages to each other. And that one idea, that one insight that none of the other companies were willing to bet on because it was so different, it didn't even seem like a good idea. Because of that, they are now a multi-billion dollar company. So today, I have my hands on a report. It's by Antler India, the Venture Capital firm. And I think this report is special because it outlines 100 different ideas. There are a lot of the top people in

India is excited about now. Who are these top people? Some of these are Venture capitalists, some of these are entrepreneurs that you know and you love, some of these are really smart hackers in their spaces. What antler has gone and done is got 100 of some of the smartest people, people I respect and admire, and they've asked them: What are the ideas you are most excited about? Because one of the ways you can mine out good business ideas is by talking to people who are really, really good at what they do, and then ask them: What's an idea you are really excited by but you can't work on yourself because you're already doing so many things. And this report actually captures many of them. I put a link in the description for anyone who wants to go read the report. So without much further Ado, welcome to breakdown. Now covering 100 ideas on this video is going to be very, very tough. So what we're going to do is we're going to take up the top three ideas from each space.

everything from AI to D2C to deep Tech. We are actually going to go through those eight spaces. I'm going to take the top three ideas that I like, and I'm going to cover them. Hopefully, this is very useful for people watching. For those who want the entire idea set, link is in the description below. So the First theme is consumer ideas. Now all of you know that there are roughly two kinds of people you can sell to. You can sell to businesses, and you can sell directly to Consumers. So these are the consumer ideas. Let's go through them one by one. The first one is by Amit Kumar Agarwal, who runs no broker. He says that from a consumer point of view, the adoption of pet animals in India has skyrocketed. A staggering 60% of India now has a pet. That's a wild stat. I didn't even know that was true with the number of pet cats alone forecasted to reach over 2.4 million by 2093 for a long time.

idea of attacking pet markets. It wasn't seen as a big idea, but now that more people have disposable income and they're willing to spend on things outside of just their basic needs, they are now also spending on their pets. In fact, there are even names for this. With both partners having an income and then having a dog, that's actually been abated. It's called a dink Ward. That's d i n k w a d, which stands for double income no kids with a dog. I feel like these days every activation that comes out, I'm like, Oh, I can relate. But what Amit says is this is actually a wide Market. If you dig in, everything from Pharmaceuticals, which is medicines, grooming toys, and accessories. He says that things like specialized pet food catering to different breeds or health conditions, Advanced Healthcare, and wellness products, and even some tech Solutions today would be very useful. At one point in history, this wasn't considered a serious idea, but this is the thing, right? Consumer mindset is evolving, and this seems like one of those ideas where

money is already going somebody's going to come out and organize the space. The next idea is from Anand Daniel of Axel. Anand says that they are structurally bullish on startups building for bhat, which is actually a moniker in the Venture Capital land for Rural Indian customers. In his opinion, rural India is getting modernized and aspirational, and many of these people are looking for Solutions and products similar to what their Urban counterparts have. Bhat is 63% of India's population and it spends over $500 billion of annual consumption. This is likely to double by 2030. Multiple categories have an annual spend of $10 billion each by the top 30% of rural households. It turns out that in order to win this segment, you really need to understand rural customers. Usually we had this idea somebody goes to business school like an I am gets really really good at and he or she has come from a really Uptown family and then says I'm going to go tackle rural India problems. What Anand might mean here is that you

have a better shot of cracking this market if you are from rural India yourself and truly understand the pain points. At the end of the day, people buy things based on what their pains are, not based on what a strategy is on paper. Anand Luna from India comments has another really cool idea. He says that there's an opportunity for a Khan Academy-type business, which I wholeheartedly agree with. I remember when I was studying math, Khan Academy was like a savior, right? It was like free, open information, and I really like Sal Khan. I think he has the perfect DNA to be a teacher, and I wish all my teachers were like that. But what Anand says here, in an era where digital platforms are democratizing education, a significant portion of India's populous, especially people who are not so economically forward, like people who are economically disadvantaged, remain away from quality learning resources. We need a platform like Khan Academy, which offers free educational content alongside a very affordable – and he says the price for this is about 200 rupees.

per month. Premium Edition now at that price. And obviously giving away a lot of that content for free. I'm not sure the unit economics might make sense, but he says that using an AI layer to actually make a lot of this content production quick and cheap is a solution. And I tend to agree with that. I think AI can actually make this affordable now. Remember, there are a lot of really cool ideas here from Arjun from Good Capital and Anur Waru. Several other ideas in consumer. So I definitely want you to go check out the report because I'm only covering three ideas that I personally like in this space. There are a lot of other good ideas here and you may have a use case for them. The next big theme here is AI. So let's take some of the ideas that people here have described and let's go through it. So Isaam Dash, I hope I'm pronouncing the name right, has a cool idea here, which is that there should be an AI implementation service for Enterprise. Now we run a company called AOS Labs that kind of does this.

but she has a very interesting viewpoint on the idea. She believes that over the next few years, many of these businesses will be scalable services businesses helping companies with AI implementation. And this has definitely been proven true over the last one year. That a lot of these are not going to be small startups. I mean small startups will compete definitely, but also some of the larger companies will want to play the race. They will want to enter the race and play the game. And they need a partner, somebody who can help them out. For example, my company really helps them out with AI plus content, but there's so many other domains. I know a company that specifically helps other companies with AI plus their data. So let's say if you have dashboards in the company, for example, you're using Power BI by Microsoft, and you want actionable insights from that. You want an LM to go through that and allow the CEO to chat with that data and ask questions. That is not possible because this company enables it. She says that according to a

survey of 600 Enterprise Executives in 2023. Over 60% plan to adopt AI, and less than 10% today have adopted AI in some manner into their businesses and products. Interestingly, this is a pull Market rather than a push Market. Many want to deploy AI and are actively asking how and where to begin. The end-to-end solution will be making data AI ready, deploying custom workflows without business disruption, and ensuring an overall secure, compliant, and robust AI implementation. One thing I've realized speaking to a lot of clients who want this is that they really care about the ownership of the model. They don't actually care what open source model you use, but if you fine-tune the model for them, they want to own it. Secondly, they're also really concerned about security, understandably so, especially companies in the finance space. In fact, this itself can be a really big business opportunity because I know there are a lot of companies making AI models like glaive that allows you to remove self-referential data.

which is that when a customer chats with a bot and let's say the customer references their own name. How do you remove that so there's an entire layer around that to prevent personally identifiable data from leaking. So a lot of this matters to big Enterprises. Jitendra Gupta, who is the founder and CEO of Jupiter, has a really cool idea around personal finance. He thinks that AI can play a transformative role in financial planning and personal finance. And I think this is very important, right? Like I think a lot of wealthy people have access to wealth managers who not only manage their wealth but also give them advice. What you should do, how much you should save, and all of this. As we've learned over the years, it is very personalized. Finance influencers on the internet, and you know, nothing against them, but their advice comes from their perspective or a particular perspective. But so many people have so many different life circumstances that I don't think you can clump two people and say, Hey, the advice you give this person should be the same as the advice you

give this person so personalizing it at scale is very difficult, but there comes an AI. It can sit with you, it can understand your problems, and then it can tell you, Maybe we should spend whatever, 30% in debt, 50% in mutual fund, depending on your personal scenario, what you need, your health conditions, all those things. And I do think there's going to be some company in India that does solve this because the cultural context of this is so important, right? You can't take a solution from the US and apply to India because that solution from abroad might not have India's context and might also not know what assets you can actually invest in in India and what the rules regarding those assets are. Shubam Sandip from Py Ventures also has a really cool idea that you should build AI model compression technology. How do you build a developer-friendly platform to help enterprises reduce the size of the complex, which is the multi-billion parameter AI models, without impacting the accuracy, especially to run them in resource-constrained environments, such as on edge devices. I'll give you a very

specific example of this. Samsung has a fridge, okay, they've just launched a new series of bespoke AI fridges where they have a camera in there, and that camera needs to look at both The Bays from inside, and then make decisions on it. To do that, it actually needs to look at what's in the fridge, and it needs a vision model to do this. Now, I'm not sure if they're running it on the cloud or locally on the fridge, but if it was running locally on the fridge, the fridge doesn't have a very powerful GPU, so it needs to run a much smaller model. For example, a model like Moondream made by Vicar. It's a 1.6 billion parameter model that doesn't require an insanely beefy GPU to run. Now, while that's one opportunity, there's also an opportunity in taking bigger models and compressing them down to a smaller model using a technique called distillation. What you do is you take a big model, let's say Stable Diffusion XL, and maybe to run

that model you need 30 steps, but with a much smaller model like sdxl turbo or sdx lightning, you'll be able to use far fewer number of steps. Let's say four or five and get similar outputs. There is some loss in the outputs, but it doesn't matter because now you can run it on the Raspberry Pi, and you can stick that Raspberry Pi anywhere you want. Next, let's talk about DPI. I think there are lots of big opportunities on top of things like onc. And here are three really cool ideas from the report. Number one from Adnan Ahmed Ansari from the Asia group is a pretty interesting idea. He thinks that the E Pharmacy Market in India is poised to touch 3.6 billion by 2022. Only 3% of total Pharma sales in 2019 were attributable to eaes. These Platforms in India have encountered regulatory challenges due to lack of valid licenses. People want to order medicines online if you can get food in 10 minutes or groceries in 10 minutes.

makes sense that you can also get medicines in 10 minutes. So, he thinks that the onc, which is the open network for digital Commerce, is going to be a boon here. He thinks that there's going to be a startup that works exclusively with local chemists with verified licenses, and hence one of these companies acting as a pure Marketplace might make sense. A lot of this is also training, awareness, and education, right? Especially with the pharmacies to try and get them online. Next is an idea from Manoj Gupta of plot. He says that the concept of WhatsApp shopping, particularly in diverse countries like India, demands innovation in terms of platform linguistic capabilities. What if a startup could integrate a multilingual voice interface powered by onc? You know, one of the previous reports we had covered actually touched upon how much of India's vernacular shopping happens via voice, and many of these people are not comfortable with English or text-based interfaces. By having voice commands in multiple Indian languages, this makes online shopping pretty easy. And if this is all possible on WhatsApp without downloading some new app

going somewhere else it just becomes too convenient and is frictionless because WhatsApp also has WhatsApp pay. The next idea is from Sandep VII, who also happens to be at operations in ONC. He thinks that building trust on OMDC is a little bit hard, and in almost all transactions involving two or more parties on the OMDC network, there is an inherent risk of fraud. It is crucial to find a means to build trust for all parties involved in the transaction. This can be achieved through a self-authenticating mechanism or a virtual key logging of all data points, which makes sure there's trust in the data shared by each party. Also, the measure of trust has to be open and available for each other party to countercheck. For example, if one of the parties says, This is what my manufacturing facility looks like, there has to be a way, maybe a tick mark, that shows so that the other party can look at it and believe it. Now, I don't exactly know how this could play out if you're a startup. Do you start

going to different sellers and saying I'll take a picture of your space so that you get a trust mark. Do I be the independent trust mark? In fact, there's an idea like this in this report itself by Rashida Bora, who's the co-founder of all, where she says that well, we need something like Trustpilot which also doubles up as an online reviews and ratings website because with a company like Amazon, they have an insane amount of bank balance and also bandwidth to give you refunds without asking you too many questions but in on dispute resolution something like this needs to exist to make it easier to process refunds. Now before we go any further in this report, I've got some really cool information to share with you about Antler, the people behind this report. They have a unique take on the Venture Capital model. Antler is a global early-stage VC firm that invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow, operating in 27 plus major hubs including Singapore, London, Sydney, New York, and Bangalore. They have invested in

over 1,000 startups worldwide. They invest in various sectors, including AI, consumer Tech, SAS, climate, onc, and many more. If you're an entrepreneur with the ambition to build a large global company, having a solid foundation from day zero can drastically increase your odds. This is where Antler comes in. From deep idea validation to global connections, from expansion support to funding, Antler is your partner to get you from day zero to success. They do this through the residency platform. Globally, 8,000 plus founders have found the Antler residency to be the best place to launch a startup. Even if you are a repeat entrepreneur, the residency has two separate tracks for solo founders and early teams. Solo founders join a company of 80 to 100 exceptional individuals. You'll use your time there and the potential co-founders you find to develop and work on your idea. Once you've validated your idea with the customers, because remember execution matters, you take it to the market to see if it sticks. Within 12 weeks of

residency. You can find a co-founder, build on your idea, validate it, and raise pre-seed capital for existing teams. The Residency period is 4 weeks. During this time, you will be paired with a dedicated partner from Antler to test your idea, validate it with the market, and build early traction. By the end of the 4 weeks, you may have the chance to secure pre-seed funding for your idea. Antler commits to invest up to $500,000 in idea-stage companies. Not only this, post-investment, you also get to be a part of Antler Forward, the portfolio support platform that helps you achieve early PMF and access prominent investors to raise your next round as you grow and progress through the stages of building your company. This kind of dedicated support in the crucial 0 to 1 stage can significantly alter the trajectory of your startup and lay the foundations for a very large company. So, I encourage you to apply. And if you're ambitious and watching this video till here, and you are a good hacker, this might be the

perfect place to take a shot at building a successful company. NeXT, I want to talk about fintech and the three ideas that really caught my eye in the report. BG Mahesh, who is the co-founder of Digi samati Foundation, he thinks that the next big Revolution Brewing up in India is data empowerment and protection. See, the financial sector has actually been at the Forefront of enabling customer consent-based data access via account aggregator. So today, as a app, I can use these APIs and I can get access to all your accounts, and the initial results are extremely powerful. But with the DPDP ACT 2023, this concept will now be replicated in many other sectors such as health, edtech, education, Telecom, and others. Now, I was talking to a fintech Founder the other day, and he said, Look, customer data now has become like gold, and the repercussions now for leakage is incredible. In fact, you could lose more than the revenue of the entire company if your customer data leaks. So all these businesses are really afraid of this and

that's a startup opportunity. If you could give these businesses assurance and an actual product that works and saves their customer data from leaking, then these businesses don't mind paying you a small chunk of that because the risk of the fine is always looming in every fintech Founder's head. Like the entire Fiasco with Cambridge Analytica is very, very important, so there is definitely a business opportunity there. Midul Aurora from Elevation Capital has an idea, which is MISHOW but for financial services. He thinks that a significant portion of India's population is still underbanked. This is where a MISHO for financial services can be a Game Changer, which is a platform democratizing Financial access and comprehension for everybody. MISHO has revolutionized e-commerce for Bhat. So current fintech platforms lack a user-centric, accessible, and community-driven model, which a MISHO for financial services could solve with a Bhat user in Focus. I believe this will unlock Financial inclusion, economic empowerment, and financial literacy on a broad scale and reshape the financial services.

sector. Now, this could include a lot of things, right? It could be a small sachet-like course for people who are underbanked to understand how a bank works, to actually understand how you can take loans. And it could also be a community-driven model, which is that all these people are on WhatsApp or some community platform where many of these people who are underbanked have the option to ask other people, How do I do this? And somebody else can just do a video call with them and help them understand what is going on. Nitin Kut, who's the founder of Zeroda and Rain Matter, has another very interesting idea, which is helping retail investors better manage risk behavior and finances. The biggest challenge to be solved in the Indian capital market is the shallow participation. He says that the number of unique mutual fund investors and demat accounts is about 6 crores. If our economy has to grow, the markets have to grow many times. He realized this around 2016, and that's how the Rain Matter journey began where they

support startups working on helping traders and investors do better. Now, if you've seen a lot of what Nathan posts on Twitter, he talks a lot about customer behavior, right? And he also talks about how a lot of traders lose money in the stock market. So, correcting customer behavior, not just this crazy rush towards, Oh, let's get a new customer, but correcting that behavior and making sure customers don't do stupid things just because their friends told them to do it is the responsibility of one of these platforms. And over time, even customers will respect platforms that are not just looking at them as just a pile of cash, but also looking out for their safety and making sure they don't make life-ruining mistakes. Next, let's talk about an exciting topic, which is deep tech. Anu Agarwal, who's the co-founder of Flint Labs, has a very interesting idea around merging with AI. He thinks that you can augment your brains like we upgrade computer hardware. You can boost the memory, data retention, and processing.

power. It's definitely not science fiction, but stands at the intersection of Neuroscience, bioengineering, and AI. Now, with Elon Musk working on Neuralink and with all the advances we have in AI, it seems possible that you can immediately make a search query in your head and get the answers for it, making you far more productive and smarter so you can tackle any problem you want. Now, this is not a problem you can solve overnight. I know that people like Elon Musk and there are many other labs in the US working on this, and some of them are actually putting these devices inside the SC, and some of these are putting EGS outside. And I think there's a lot of potential for putting EGS outside, even though the results are more lossy because a lot of people are not okay with having an invasive brain surgery, so that aversion to having an invasive brain surgery could be your opportunity. Lit Kri of Grow has a very interesting idea around Community farming, so he says that farming in India faces challenges due to small land.

holding this makes it hard for Farmers to invest in Advanced Equipment. About 85% of the farming community in India operates on less than 2 hect shs each, which is a cause of inefficiency in the ecosystem. He believes that the solution lies in community farming where Farmers unite based on their share of land and labor by being long-term members of a local community. What this model allows for is to build scale with the ability to leverage technology and Machinery. This means higher output, which is distributed among Farmers according to their Equity. A startup could come in and rent out the technology to this group of farmers that can now afford it. Any one individual farmer might not be able to afford it, but the minute you go in have a WhatsApp group of farmers who can also meet and also tell them hey, here are the cost for this equipment, we'll procure the equipment for you, but here are the commercials, and here's the ROI for you. This could be useful because I'm very sure if you took the average Farm in

India is not as efficient as it could be, and that gap is in the technology. Now that technology already exists, but providing it to farmers and making it commercially viable for them because why would they spend like if it's too expensive it's too much of a risk for any individual farmer to take but you could split the risk among multiple different farmers as long as there's an ROI for them. Next, Rajiv Shasa has a cool idea around AR VR. He says that every single area of content from entertainment media travel real estate hospitality will undergo a sea of changes to fit the VR AR world, and it should take off by 2024 or 2025 with Apple releasing its first device and Facebook just becoming better and cheaper with its devices. Everything from work education manufacturing services healthcare will also undergo many changes. In fact, we've been talking so much about remote work, and it's always very impersonal to do remote work or something like Zoom or Google Meet, but imagine if we're all in a headset and

we're all able to physically be in the same space as each other. That improves productivity, and there's going to be a lot of new apps. In fact, the Apple Vision Pro store is there. There's so many cool ideas that you could build today, and you already have a bunch of enthusiasts who are already using the device. In fact, you could just go to the Meta Quest Store, look at the top 10 performing business ideas, and then port them over to the Apple Store. And you could make money because there are already early adopters available for the Apple Store, and because they've already spent so much on the headset, you know they have the propensity to pay. The next idea is by Shrishti Sahu, who's the managing partner at Swarma Source Ventures. She says that some industries are looking to move from China. Now even Apple has learned this. Instead of putting all that risk and concentrating that in China, you also want other places that can manufacture, and India is one of those places. India's a big chance of attracting global

companies and us making semiconductors and materials like Refractories is definitely an opportunity. Now, you obviously need to improve infrastructure and find skilled workers, but the big Market in India makes it a good place for these industries. If India doesn't make this move, it might miss a huge opportunity for economic growth and Tech advancements. How long do you want us as a country to be reliant on other places for our semiconductors? This is obviously going to create a lot of jobs and increase GDP, but you need this to be a concerted effort. You need the government to pitch in, you need subsidies, you need the push from somebody saying we need to make semiconductors and many of these parts inside of the country. Next, let's talk about three really cool ideas in health. Aditya go, who's the co-founder of akasa air, says that around 70 to 80% of cancer patients in India do not find a cure for the illness as compared to other developing countries where a lot

more cancer patients are cured. The question is, how do we create accessible and affordable early detection and care infrastructure? A startup could address this by developing technological-based solutions to democratize cancer care. For instance, mobile health platforms could facilitate early screening and diagnosis, reaching remote areas. Now, I'll tell you how this might play out, right? You might have an app, let's say the Cancer Care app. And as you age, let's say you jump in at 20 years old. As you age, depending on the risk profile for a 20-year-old male doing XYZ, smoker, nonsmoker, whatever, you put in your details and it says, Well, it's time for you to get a cancer screening at 30. It's time for you to get a prostate cancer screening. I'm just giving you an example. And based on that, it has tups. So you have one package where over the years you are screened depending on the risk profile for you and your age group and your behavior. Now, this could be tups with different hospitals to do the screening. It could

also be therapy. It could also be. Well, now that you've got this and it's baked with an insurance plan, you could try some therapies which are standard therapies like radiation therapy. Or you could try slightly more experimental therapies that have worked outside like car T, which uses your own tea cells to attack the cancer cells. Now, this could all be baked into one app, like a protection, like a cancer protection app, because it turns out that a lot of cancer can be solved with early detection, and an app really pushing you towards early detection, as scary as that sounds, might be very useful for you. Next, there's an idea by Anant Narayan of Mena, and he says that in India, many people in cities and po communities need affordable and accessible Mental Health Services, but it's just not easy to get. Some small companies have started to offer help, but we need bigger companies to step in, but we Tech like Ai. And I saw this very recently on Peter Levels, levels.io, on Twitter where he built this

new AI called therapist AI. Now, whether it works or not is a different issue, but the fact that AI is here and we simply don't have enough real therapists for the kind of scope and scale of India. Maybe for smaller communities, some of this technology could help. At least hear them out and at least deliver something like cognitive behavioral therapy to them using new technologies like AI and online doctor visits when necessary. Many people can get the help they need without spending a lot. Next, there's an idea from Gori Shankar Nagarajan from Antler. He says that there's an opportunity for simplifying the Hospital checkout process for India. Hospital checkout is the most broken process right now and a bad experience for patients. By creating a centralized digital platform that allows for real-time updates and coordination among hospital staff, insurance providers, and patients. I'll tell you how it works because I've actually gone to the hospital and got insurance sometimes, right? It's a terrible process. You have to stay overnight and you have to fill in a lot of papers. In fact, it's not

just one paper it's multiple papers you need the doctor to sign in the admission form, and also the checkout form. When you're done, the insurance person actually has to come in and see you in the hospital. And then the insurance person says, Okay, fine, this person was in the hospital, let's deliver the payment. And in all of this, most of these people are not coordinated. The insurance person doesn't know where to go, he doesn't know which room it's in, the nurses don't know what's going on, the doctor doesn't know what's going on. The doctor is harrowing between 10 different patients. It's stressful for everybody, and most of all, the patient who's actually sick. So having a system that centralizes all of this might be very useful. The final theme of ideas is software as a service. Now, as you all know, this stands for cloud software, which is you come in, you buy some software, it makes your life more productive either as an individual or as a business. The first idea is from Krishna Heg from P Edge. Given the

technological shift. India will have one of the largest gig workforces globally. Now, a gig workforce that leverages technology can see a huge boost in productivity and also participants like women. The fragmented nature of gig workers binds them to use technology provided by platforms whose interest is not fully aligned with the workers. Right now, the platforms really align with the people getting the workers right. It could be the real estate firm hiring the construction workers. It could be the food delivery firm hiring the ride-sharing people. But it's really lopsided and very favorable for them. But if you have a gig worker. First, technology stack and applications that integrate with services ranging from government to marketplaces to financial service providers. Things like insurance for, you know, the rider on the street. Street, what a big market, right? Like people who are riding for Blinket or Dunzo or Zomato. If you can go to them and say, Hey, I know there are a lot of you. It's a huge market. It's a huge stem. And here's a service provided for you for all the.

things you need in your life and also for negotiation with your employer. I can see how that could be very valuable, and it's also a large target addressable market, right? A lot of people who really want this because there's so many ride-sharing people out there. Pal Nadani, who now is a co-founder at Presentations. A has a very interesting idea around streamlining the MIS. Now, the MIS is a monthly information system, and the MIS is always a cause of strain, especially in Venture-funded companies because the VCs always want access to the MIS, and Founders, especially early-stage Founders, they're more focused on the problem that they don't actually update the MIS. Now, what P says is not just dashboards but everything from a spreadsheet approach with collaboration and security layers for sharing with different investors. Some investors need a different view; they need a more holistic view of the company because they've invested more. Some investors are smaller investors, so they don't need to see all the data but important data. Some are key members who you want to show even lesser data.

maybe more data depending on how your company is structured, but having those different access levels is very important. He says that it should have rule-based syncing with other Cloud tools for automatic updates of data. Also, having these tools actually track industry data, which shows how do you as a company measure up to the industry. If you're a public company, how do you measure up against other public companies, so your investors, key employees, even you as the founder can actually see that and say, Oh, I get where we falling short. I think that would be very useful. And as far as I can tell, I don't think something like this exists in the market. Bakliwal, who's the founder at OEV, has a pretty interesting insight around workflow Wizards. He would love to see a startup that could streamline application workflows, especially in user onboarding process. A workflow automation tool with both API and a user-friendly UI. In the UI, you get to send rules like send a verification email after sign up and resend if not verified in 3 hours.

rules are flexible adapting to the user needs. The tool would use API and web hooks to communicate with your app. So, when a user signs up, your app notifies the API, and the tool acts based on the set rules. Something like this could eliminate a significant portion of the development cycle for app workflow actions, saving time and resources. It's about making the backend smarter and more responsive, transforming the way we manage digital interactions. I think it's a really good idea here, but it goes one layer more. Let's say somebody in your marketing division wants to change the workflow a bit. The only way that person can do it is by going to a developer in the organization and saying change this, change that. Most developers are paid a lot, and their time is very, very valuable. By shifting all this responsibility to a marketing person, the marketing person can write the rules without a developer, which makes your organization far more efficient. The last idea in SAS is Shri Krishna Ganesan, who works at Rocket Lane. He says that in today's B2B landscape.

while there are reviews we use as buyers to determine which vendors we want to work with, there needs to be a system that works the other way around too for vendors and suppliers to learn about how it is to engage with an Enterprise. Almost a Karma system that allows Partners, vendors, etc., to rate if the customers pay on time, treat their teams well, etc. We all know how an Uber or Ola rating system improves both the customer and driver behavior. This is similar; it would help with creating the right accountability and encourage better business practices from the company to do. Now, if you're a business and exploring SAS tools, there are places like G2 where you can actually go and you can look at the ratings of these different SAS tools, the reviews, what people think about them. But if you're a SAS company owner and you are selling your tool to different customers, how do you know which customer is toxic? And trust me, there are some customers that can just waste so much of your time and energy that you could have gotten.

other customers in the time it took for you to deal with them. So knowing who the customers who are terrible to work with in advance is very useful for you. So this rating and review system for customers. Today I don't think it exists and it's definitely an opportunity for many SAS company CEOs to say, I don't want to work with them. I've heard really bad things about them. It happens more as a hearsay thing today where people tell each other, but having a platform for it could be useful. Anyway, that's the report. And you know there are 100 ideas in the report. We've covered a very, very small chunk of them. And some of these ideas really resonated with me. And I'm sure for you, many of the other ideas might resonate. And it's a far easier read than it is listening to me because I've given a lot of more context and color around the ideas. So definitely go check out the report. And if you do have the DNA to be a potential founder, also go check out the Antler residency because I think

having a structured program in the early days to go tackle the gigantic adventure of being an entrepreneur. It's best done with somebody to help you, so definitely go check out The Residency. That's it for me, hope you enjoyed this. Bye.

Top 100 Startup Ideas from Top 100 Entrepreneurs/VCs/Hackers!

Breakdown

The Increasing Importance of Quality Ideas

Over time, the speaker has shifted from prioritizing execution over ideas to realizing the significance of quality ideas.

The example of Snapchat's success despite initially being perceived as a stupid idea highlights the impact of unique and unconventional ideas.

A report by Antler India, outlining 100 different ideas from top professionals, further emphasizes the growing importance of identifying promising business ideas.

Opportunities in the Indian Market for Startups

Rural India presents a significant opportunity for startups, with its large and growing population and increasing consumption.

Understanding the pain points of rural customers is crucial for success in this market, ideally by someone from rural India.

Additionally, there is a need for affordable and accessible educational platforms, like a Khan Academy-type business, to provide quality learning resources for the economically disadvantaged population.

Furthermore, there is a rising demand for AI implementation services in enterprises, as the majority of them are planning to adopt AI in the near future, creating a pull market for AI deployment with a strong focus on data ownership and security.

The Impact of AI on Personal Finance and AI Model Compression

AI is seen as a transformative tool in personal finance, providing personalized advice based on individual circumstances and needs, especially in India.

There is a growing need for AI to provide personalized financial planning at scale, taking into account the cultural context and specific assets available in India.

On the other hand, there is a rising opportunity in AI model compression, particularly for running complex models on resource-constrained devices like the AI-powered fridges, using techniques such as model distillation and smaller AI models.

Additionally, there are innovative ideas using AI, such as leveraging the open network for digital commerce (ONC) to improve the e-pharmacy market in India and integrating multilingual voice interfaces for WhatsApp shopping in diverse countries.

Building Trust in Online Transactions & Antler's Unique Venture Capital Model

Building trust in online transactions is a challenge, but a self-authenticating mechanism and open measure of trust can help mitigate the risk of fraud on the OMDC network.

Antler, a global early-stage VC firm, offers a unique residency program for entrepreneurs, providing support from idea validation to pre-seed capital, and access to a portfolio support platform.

The firm invests up to $500,000 in idea-stage companies and provides dedicated support to alter the trajectory of startups, making it an ideal opportunity for ambitious entrepreneurs.

Business Opportunities in India: Fintech, Risk Management, Deep Tech, and Community Farming

A MISHO for financial services could revolutionize the underbanked population in India, providing financial inclusion and literacy.

Platforms focusing on correcting customer behavior and ensuring the safety of traders have a significant opportunity in the Indian capital market.

The merging of neuroscience, bioengineering, and AI to augment human brains presents a potential for productivity and problem-solving, especially by addressing the aversion to invasive brain surgery.

Community farming in India offers a solution to the challenges faced by small landholding farmers, with the potential for a startup to provide advanced equipment through a community-driven model, enabling higher output and equitable distribution.

The Potential Impact of Technology on India's Agriculture, AR/VR, and Semiconductor Industry

Technology needs to be made more accessible and commercially viable for farmers in India to improve efficiency and reduce risk.

AR/VR is expected to revolutionize various industries by 2024-2025, impacting everything from entertainment to healthcare and improving remote work productivity.

India has a significant opportunity to attract global companies and invest in semiconductor manufacturing, which could lead to economic growth and job creation.

Additionally, there is a growing need for affordable cancer care solutions and accessible mental health services in India, which could be addressed through technological innovations and the involvement of larger companies.

A new AI offers affordable cognitive behavioral therapy, potentially filling the gap for therapists in India.

Simplifying the hospital checkout process through a centralized digital platform could greatly improve the experience for patients, staff, and insurance providers.

The idea of software as a service for India's gig workforce not only has the potential to boost productivity but also aims to better align with the workers' interests, especially for gig economy participants.

Streamlining App Workflow Actions with API Communication

Flexible rules using API and web hooks can streamline app workflow actions, saving time and resources in the development cycle.

Shifting the responsibility of writing rules from developers to marketing personnel can significantly improve organizational efficiency.

Implementing a rating and review system for customers in the SAS industry could help companies avoid toxic clients and improve the overall business experience.