boAt's Gupta sides Goyal's comments on startups

BOAT CO-FOUNDER AMAN Gupta has come out in support of commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal's recent remarks urging Indian startups to focus more on deep-tech innovation.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Gupta's comments come amid an ongoing debate within the startup ecosystem where several founders have countered Goyal's critique of consumer-focused ventures like food delivery and luxury goods startups.

Gupta took to social media platform X to echo Goyal's call for startups to move beyond consumer-centric models like food delivery and fantasy sports apps and instead prioritize technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and quantum computing.

"It's not every day that the government asks founders to dream bigger. But at Startup Mahakumbh, that's exactly what happened. I was there. I heard the full speech. Minister Piyush Goyal Ji isn't against founders. He believes in us. His point was simple: India has come far, but to lead the world...we need to aim higher."