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In this episode we talk with Mustafa Al-Bassam of Celestia Labs who talks to us about a consensus based data networks and the practical uses cases of decentralised technology. This episode is brought to you by Lumos Labs and Builders Tribe.

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In this interview we speak with multi-talented personality Karan Javaji who has been an RBI Officer, a rugby player and an equestrian. Karan also serves as a Colonel in the territorial army of India. He is also involved in public policy research. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Karan and his multi-faceted career.
05:00 - Origin of the name Boni
10:00 - Boni for SMBs
15:00 - Focusing on solving problems Indian businesses 
23:00 - ONDC and why it is built for Indian SMBs to thrive.
30:08 - Generative AI and the future of technologies for SMBs
35:48 - Leaving the RBI and starting up
41:00 - Equestrian training and hobbies

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In this episode we talk with Rinka Banerjee who has built a practice around food and everything food tech. She had been with HUL for two decades before she started up Thinking Forks a decade earlier. She discusses the opportunity in food brands from India for the world.

00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Journey of Thinking Forks
05:10 - How large food companies experiment?
09:50 - Getting the food supply chain right.
16:00 - The opportunity for startups in food.
22:19 - Indians consuming food and the experience.
29:26 - Global food companies coming into India.
35:36 - Figuring out customer service.
41:05 - Income segments and consumption in food.
45:00 - Serving safe food, future of food consumption and food tech.
52:00 - Rinka's hobbies beyond Thinking Forks

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In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk about the benefits of cannabis as a medicinal plant and how it is sold in India under the aegis of the Ministry of Ayush. Richa Jaggi, the co-founder of Awshad explains why this plant is now mainstream for its ancient medicinal purpose.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:06 - Cultural relevance of cannabis in India.
04:40 - Why Richa started up?
06:06 - The Vijaya territory and what is it?
14:46 - Testing Awshad's formulations.
18:00 - Marketing Awshad today through its own e-commerce channel.
25:54 - Managing sleep and stress with Ayurveda

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In this second episode of the India Deep Tech Series brought to you by TDK Ventures, theUpStreamLife brings you how Indian universities are shaping the Deep Tech ecosystem. Siddharth Mehta, Director of TDK Ventures India, talks to Prof. Krishnan Balasubramanian from IIT Madras about the journey of the Indian deep tech community. The professor himself predicts that innovations from India's deep tech community will become successful globally.

00:00 - Introduction.
00:34 - The journey of Professor Krishnan.
05:45 - The importance of the 2011 time frame for India's deep tech
08:56 - Comparing the quality of Indian deep tech to the West.
13:29 - The student mindset to take innovations to the startup world.
18:35 - Changing culture in Indian universities to support startups.
28:50 - Taking Indian innovations global
30:50 - Importance of frugal innovation.

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In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we speak with Balaji Renukumar, the founder of Sensfix who is a scientist building an AI company which makes maintenance of a machine faster and the work of a servicing team efficient. The company targets facility management.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:15 - Balaji's journey as a scientist and Sensfix
06:00 - Sensfix work in AI and its business
11:53 - Working with industries
26:58 - The B2B customer metrics.
35:00 - Sensfix in India
41:00 - Managing to unwind away from business

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In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with Simran Alphonso from Bitget about the $10 million grant for developers and startups in India. We spoke to her on the sidelines of the #BuidlforWeb3 Summit 2023. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs.

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In this episode we talk with Kaavya Prasad, the founder of LumosLabs, she talks about how the Web3 and blockchain community is looking at India and how the talent for good engineers is only growing. She caught up with us at the sidelines of the #BuidlforWeb3 summit 2023 in Bengaluru.

00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - The BuidlforWeb3 Summit
02:44 - Working from India and building for the global Web3 community.
04:40 - The community of Web3 at the summit.
09:59 - The evolution of Web3 builders.
15:00 - Kaavya talks about LumosLabs and BuildersTribe
19:00 - Real world use cases of blockchain

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In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk to the founder of Nethermind, Tomasz Stañzack, who was an ex-Investment Banker who fell in love with decentralised technology and its impact the world over. Here is why he believes it is going to be a significant technology going forward. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs and BuildersTribe.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:50 - From an i-banker to falling in love with Web3.
02:50 - Becoming an entrepreneur in the Web3 industry.
04:00 - Blockchain and the business of convincing banks.
09:00 - Blockchain helps in bringing stability in financial downturns.
12:32 - Practical and not so practical applications of blockchain.
17:00 - Blockchain is all about the digital asset.
23:00 - Being dedicated to work

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In this episode of theUpStreamLife.com we talk with Rohit Goyal, the founder of JediSwap and co-founder of Mudrex, who talks about how decentralisation will allow engineers to deliver global projects at scale and efficiency. He talks about decentralised finance about how rewards can drive people to work effectively in a permission less world. This episode is brought to you by LumosLabs & BuildersTribe.

00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - What is JediSwap?
02:34 - Decentralised work and how it can help organisations.
09:00 - Rohit’s love for decentralisation.
16:36 - The increasing number of De-Fi creators and users.
22:11 - Is the industry misunderstood, its vision as a tech use case.
26:30 - Young people being part of a community.

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