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Honoured to partner with DPIIT and Startup India to empower the builders shaping India’s future. At Razorpay, we’ve always believed that founders should spend less time navigating complexity and more time building what truly matters. Through this collaboration with DPIIT and Startup India, we’re bringing together financial infrastructure, founder enablement, and ecosystem support, so startups can move from idea to scale, faster and with confidence. With our flagship platform, Startup Sahayak, we aim to simplify every step of the journey, from incorporation and validating ideas to discovering relevant government schemes, all in one seamless platform built for founders. A big thank you to the DPIIT and Startup India for their constant support and encouragement in shaping a stronger, more inclusive startup ecosystem. Here’s to empowering the next generation of innovators to build, scale, and lead. Check out the product here startupsahayak.razorpay.com @PiyushGoyal | @DPIITGoI | @startupindia @harshilmathur | @shashank_kr | @RazorpayRize #StartupIndia #DPIIT #Razorpay #Fintech #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #StartupEcosystem #DigitalIndia #IndiaInnovates

Automation is the baseline, anticipation is where things are headed. At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Parasuram Nethaji, Head, Product & Partnerships - Payments Front, Groww shared how financial services need to evolve toward systems that can predict demand, manage risk, and operate at scale without waiting for signals. The shift is from processing to decision-making. And building at scale comes down to compounding progress. Improving what matters, every single day. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

In a fast-moving landscape, static strategy does not hold. At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Mikhil Raj, CPO at Bluestone spoke about leadership as a continuous process of learning and staying close to how technology is evolving. As commerce becomes more agent-driven, payments shift into a system of trust, where actions are taken on behalf of users with precision and intent. Gain perspective on how the next phase of fintech is taking shape. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

The impact of AI is not limited to how businesses operate. It extends to how consumers decide. At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Ishan Kansal SVP, Product at Snabbit spoke about a shift toward more rational, agent-assisted decision-making. As commerce adapts, payments become less visible, and experiences begin to align more closely with intent rather than friction. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

Ownership scales faster than control ever can. At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Shishir Gupta from @kalkifashion spoke about shifting the role of a leader from building to enabling teams that can make decisions independently. In commerce, that shift is mirrored in the experience itself, where payments become part of the journey, seamless and invisible. And with AI, the transformation goes deeper. From faster workflows to personalised design, where every customer can shape what they buy. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

Scaling a company means rethinking where decisions are made. At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Rajesh Kumar G, Founder of Highway Delite spoke about moving away from founder-led decision-making to building systems where teams can act independently. AI is making that transition easier, enabling speed through better access to data and tools. As a result, teams can iterate faster and experiment more, shifting the focus toward prioritising what to build next. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

Not just conversations, decisions that move markets. Here's glimpses of D2C CXO Roundtable’26 in Bangalore by Razorpay. #Razorpay #D2C #CXORoundtable

Does AI reduce work or create more of it? At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Srikanth Radhakrishna, Senior Director, Product ,@redBus_in shared a different perspective, pointing to how past technology shifts have consistently led to more innovation, services, and opportunity. For leaders, the edge lies in identifying customer shifts early and moving quickly to build around them. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

When chaos became the problem, these founders chose to learn from it. In this NBT Sketchpad episode, we trace how Gagandeep and Gursimran reimagined autonomous driving- training AI with vision and real-world learning to navigate chaotic Indian traffic without maps or lidar. Watch the full story to see how @teamminuszero is building India’s first AI-powered autopilot and redefining autonomy from the ground up. #Razorpay #Founders #Sketchpad

What defines leadership in a world shaped by constant change? At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Prashant Aiyar, Head of Consumer Platforms, @bigbasket_com spoke about moving beyond conviction to building the ability to decide with limited information. With AI, the shift is from collecting signals to acting on them in real time, across every customer interaction. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

AI in customer support is just the surface. At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Dhananjay Shashidharan, Head of Customer Delight & Payments, @letsblinkit shared how the focus is moving deeper, bringing AI into systems like inventory, warehouse management, and store audits. These are the systems that define speed and reliability in modern commerce. And building them changes what leadership looks like, less about control, more about enabling the team. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

The next phase of AI isn’t just about customer experiences, it’s about the systems running underneath. At FTX26 Leader Dialogues, Shashank Kothari, SVP, Engineering at @AngelOne spoke about building high precision operational systems where AI can remove friction and reduce error at scale. Because building in this phase is about making the right decisions as complexity grows. #RazorpayFTX26 #LeadershipDialogues

Is AI the second brain yet? At FTX26, founders building AI-first companies explored how AI is becoming an extension of human thinking,powering faster execution while reshaping how products come to life. From riding fast-moving hype cycles to recognizing that not everything can be automated, especially deep, relationship-driven sales, the discussion unpacked where AI truly adds value. Featuring Aman Goel (@GreyLabsAI), Sanket Shah (@invideoOfficial ), Achina Mayya (AEOS Group), and Vishal Virani (Rocket), in conversation with Ayush Bansal. #RazorpayFTX26

What happens to quick commerce in the AI era where orders will be placed by agents? We caught @FirstClubIndia , founder and CEO - Ayyappan R at FTX26 and this is what he had to say... #FTX26 #FollowTheSpeaker

Commerce in India is about to sound very different 🎙️ We’ve partnered with Sarvam AI to power a new era of voice-first, conversational commerce for India's multi-lingual diaspora. From discovery to checkout, AI agents can now understand intent in Indian languages and complete transactions seamlessly. And it’s already coming to life with Swiggy on the Indus App, where ordering food could soon be as simple as having a conversation. This is what the future of commerce sounds like. 🇮🇳✨ #VoiceCommerce #AgenticAI #Razorpay #AIinIndia #DigitalIndia #ConversationalAI

Some of the most interesting moments at FTX26 weren’t happening on the stage, they were happening across the floor! From the AI Experience Zone, where people explored the newly launched platforms up close, to the Circle of Expertise, where conversations and launches kept the momentum going, and the Sprint Wall, where builders shared what they’re building next. Here’s a quick look at everything that unfolded around the room… #RazorpayFTX26

Is AI going to change the way we pay and are our regulations ready for it? We caught Ramakrishnan Gopalan, VP, Head of Product & Solutions, Visa at FTX26 and this is what he had to say... #RazorpayFTX26 #FollowTheSpeaker

What will the Indian consumer want in 2026? At FTX26, leaders across fintech, commerce, and digital platforms discussed how consumer expectations are shifting, and what businesses must build today to stay ahead. Featuring Harsh Vardhan Masta (Policybazaar), Gaurav Singh Kushwaha (Bluestone), Ayyappan R (FirstClub), Jitendra Chouksey (FITTR), and Akshay Mehrotra (Fibe), joined by Ajitabh Banerji (Razorpay). #RazorpayFTX26

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Most founders lose weeks before they even start building. Because figuring out where to begin is hard. Day one of the agentic era means founders can move faster now. Startup Sahayak built with DPIIT makes that possible. Launched at FTX26, it is an AI platform that turns ideas into action plans. Share your concept. Get ready-to-execute reports with market insights, registration guidance, government schemes, and key resources. Spend zero time searching. Spend all your time building. Builders converge at FTX26. 🚀 #StartupIndia #StartupSahayak #RazorpayFTX26