Most businesses die quietly. They miss a wave, lose relevance and fade out.

Healthify nearly got hit by two in quick succession. First, AI that could do what took the company years to build. Then, a drug which meant you didn't need the discipline anymore.

So Rahel Philipose and Praveen Gopal Krishnan asked Tushar Vashisht, Healthify's co-founder and CEO, the uncomfortable question directly: if anyone can build an AI coach and a drug can kill your appetite, what exactly are you selling?

This episode is really about three things most people don't know. 
One, why people who take Ozempic without a lifestyle program gain almost all the weight back within a year. 
Two, what actually happens to a platform business when AI replaces one entire side of it. 
And three, why Tushar believes his most dangerous competitor hasn't been founded yet.

We were also joined by Professor R Srinivasan from IIM Bangalore, who had a very different read on whether Healthify's bet is genius or cope.
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This episode was produced by Uddantika Kashyap and mixed and mastered by Rajiv CN, our resident sound engineer.

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