Why India will lead the AI Revolution.

What does the future of AI, search, and data look like? In this conversation, Ashutosh Kulkarni, CEO of Elastic, breaks down how AI is transforming businesses, why search is the foundation of every intelligent system, and what India’s fast-growing talent ecosystem means for the global tech landscape.

From the rise of AI-native companies to the reality of AI making people lazy, and the huge opportunity around enterprise search + GenAI, this interview is packed with insights for founders, builders, developers, and anyone trying to stay relevant in the next decade.

In this episode, we cover:

- Why search is the “default interface” for AI

- How Elastic powers mission-critical systems around the world

- India’s unique advantage in the AI revolution

- How GenAI is transforming productivity

- What companies must do to avoid being disrupted

- Why data quality, governance, and retrieval matter more than ever

- The real risk: laziness, not AI

- How young talent is adopting AI faster than enterprises

Whether you’re building a startup, scaling an enterprise, or exploring AI tools, this conversation is a masterclass in understanding where the world is headed.

ABOUT SHRADHA SHARMA:

Shradha Sharma is the Founder & CEO of YourStory. She started YourStory in 2008 to tell stories of entrepreneurs - something that mainstream media was not ready to do in 2008. Since then, Shradha has scaled YourStory to become one of India’s leading digital media platforms covering every aspect of India’s new economy.

She was featured on Fortune’s list of the best 40 under 40 entrepreneurs in India for three years in a row. In 2018, she won the Forbes Power Trailblazers award and was twice featured on LinkedIn’s list of powerful influencers, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actor Priyanka Chopra.

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ABOUT YOURSTORY:

YourStory is India’s biggest and definitive platform for startups and entrepreneurs related stories, resources, research reports, and analyses of the startup eco-system, mobile app developers, and more dedicated to promoting the startup ecosystem

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