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Finale: The collapse of India’s $22bn tech star


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For our final episode: Education start-up Byju’s quickly became the pride of India during the Covid-19 pandemic. But almost as fast as the company rose, it collapsed. The fallout has already resulted in millions of dollars’ worth of US court sanctions and allegations of witness tampering. The FT’s Mumbai bureau chief Chris Kay has been following the legal drama and examines what Byju’s demise means for India’s burgeoning technology sector. 


Clips from Byju’s, US Bankruptcy Court - District of Delaware 


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For further reading on this episode:

A fallen Indian tech star and the hunt for its missing millions

‘Screaming into a hurricane’: the fall of India’s most valuable start-up Byju’s 

How a teaching app feted by Silicon Valley was left chasing the Indian dream 


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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