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Widening Access in Indian Deep Tech | Dheemanth Reddy & Mridu Jhangiani | Stream 107


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In this episode of The Offline Network, we bring together two founders working at very different frontiers of Indian deep tech. One is building voice AI so people can use technology by speaking in their own language, the other is building the community and support that helps climate and materials startups move from the lab to the market. Episode 107 explores how each of them thinks about access, adoption and building for the long term in India.Dheemanth Reddy | CEO, Maya ResearchDheemanth Reddy is the CEO of Maya Research, a voice AI company building conversational models for people who prefer to speak rather than type. Maya develops open-source speech models designed to sound natural across Indian and other languages, so that technology reaches users who have been left outside text-first interfaces. The company's work focuses on voice as the primary way the next wave of users will interact with software.Mridu Jhangiani | Founder, TerrariumMridu Jhangiani is the founder of Terrarium, a founder-first platform supporting startups working on alternative materials and climate biotech in India. Terrarium runs curated offline gatherings and programmes that bring together founders, investors, researchers and policymakers to help science-led ventures move from lab to market. Her background spans design and sustainability, and Terrarium sits at the intersection of biotechnology, materials and climate.

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