Former startup executives catch AI bug

Scores of senior executives at some of India’s best-known unicorns from Flipkart to Bhavish Aggarwal-backed Krutrim are trading their employee cards for the high-octane buzz of launching their own AI-powered startups, riding on the wave of opportunity being unleashed by the sunrise technology.

These first-time founders are building AI agents, platforms and services as well as creating AI infrastructure betting on the technological shift that is changing the way businesses and consumers function.

“It would be criminal to see the wave of the century…