Manish Singhal (Founding Partner, pi Ventures) joins India Tech Report to discuss India’s DeepTech moment, pi’s evolving thesis from AI to frontier sectors, and what it takes to build globally relevant deep-tech companies from India.
The episode dives into what’s changing in founder ambition, where real demand is emerging (including defence and strategic applications), and the practical constraints DeepTech builders still face, from scale and manufacturing to policy friction and capital availability. Manish also offers a clear-eyed take on building for the world vs “indigenous for its own sake,” and why substance matters more than labels in investing.