ChaiNet: The Agentic Commerce Podcast

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Ankit Agarwal, co-founder of Fang Oral Care, backed by Mamaearth’s parent company.Ankit started with his own dental problems. Before Fang, he built and shut down MyNutraCart. That failure taught him what he needed.We talk about what “clean label” actually means in toothpaste, whether Indians care what’s inside their tube, why disrupting Colgate is...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Carlos Chacón-Martínez, a cell biologist who studied at the Max Planck Institute and built Niostem, a headset that aims to wake up dormant hair follicles.Carlos went from scientist to founder, then stepped down as CEO to focus on the tech.We talk about why keeping hair is so hard, how to convince people that a headset works, what broke when orders...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Shray Arora, CEO of Helium, an AI platform that personalizes D2C storefronts in real time.Shray is a McKinsey alum and a Forbes 30 Under 30. His customers include Noise and Marks & Spencer. His argument: the leak is not in your ads. It’s your store.We talk about what it costs when every visitor sees the same homepage, the signals most people never...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Ayush Aggarwal, founder of Rasayanam.First, he left a stable finance career in Canada with no plan. Then, after building a brand with over 20 lakh customers, he tore it down and rebuilt it as a science-backed nutraceutical brand.We talk about why he left Canada, what the first day in his basement looked like, why he keeps saying no to funding, and one...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Shubhangi Bansal, co-founder of Ekaksh International.After nine years at Microsoft, Shubhangi pivoted into ingredients exports. Her approach: spec first, documentation upfront, and telling buyers when she can’t help.We talk about what surprised her about Indian exports, where AI fits in her business, and whether AI can ever replace human trust in...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Sargam Dhawan Bhayana, founder of Planet Herbs.Sargam took her family’s manufacturing credibility and built a modern wellness brand, thinking seriously about quick commerce, AI-led discovery, and making Ayurveda feel new.We talk about why she launched with therapeutic products, what quick commerce does for her business, how AI changes trust in...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Kailash Nichani, founder of Topee.Half of Indian men deal with hair loss. Almost no one talks about it properly. Kailash lost his hair early, found something that worked, hated how the industry sold it, and built Topee.We talk about the stigma versus the products, what people get wrong about hair systems versus transplants, and why he bet on...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Akshita Singla, founder of Akya Wellness.Most people spend a lot on supplements, but still don’t know what they actually need. Akshita lived in Europe, saw how wellness worked there, and came back to India to fix the product-and-trust problem.We talk about what she checks first on a label, what sells more good products or good marketing, and where AI...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Shilpa Khadilkar, a pharmacist and founder of Renewtra.India is protein-deficient. A study found nearly 70% of popular supplements were mislabelled. Shilpa spent a decade on the supply side before building differently, three years of formulating before selling a single product.We talk about what she saw behind closed doors, the real math on dal and...

On this episode of ChaiNet, we sit down with Devika Bajaj, founder of Daivik Moringa.When doctors gave her supplements that didn’t feel right, Devika looked elsewhere. Moringa worked for her. But the category was broken, weak products, no way for consumers to tell the difference. So she decided to control the product from the source. Her own farm.We talk about what felt broken in moringa, why she...