Episode 01 with Vikas Garg, Founder and CEO of abillion.

Vikas joins the podcast to share his thoughts and insights into the world of data from the vegan space, tackling sustainability issues and what the future of the vegan space will look like for both consumer and businesses.

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Timestamps

0:00 Coming up on the podcast

01:06 Opening Sequence

01:18 Intro

01:33 Meet Vikas Garg, Founder and CEO of abillion

02:08 Finding Purpose

04:23 The dog that changed his mind and his life

04:59 The cost of making food

11:41 187 countries and counting

12:09 Explore how an app can bring a vegan community together

19:16 Meat Free Mondays in the highest meat consuming country in the world

20:13 The community grows with even the smallest user base

22:32 abillion's disruption factor - User Equity

24:06 Data in the F&B Business Space

31:37 As an industry, we haven't understood what sustainability is all about

35:51 Does cell-based meat fall under the Vegan category?

39:35 Possibilities for vegan cell-based meat

39:52 Tabling opinions about meat substitutes in the vegan industry

45:54 What are the major challenges that the vegan industry is facing right now?

50:33 The 10 Year Question

52:25 The trend of Vegan pet food

55:27 Closing Thoughts