Kunal Shah & The WhatsApp Acid Test

“Kunal Shah represents the very best of India’s startup ecosystem: bold thinking, intellectual curiosity, relentless execution and the ability to challenge conventional wisdom.” That was Amitabh Kant, the former CEO of Niti Aayog, on social media platform X, just as hordes of luminaries and key figures in the startup ecosystem had already proclaimed on various social media platforms. And a similar sentiment was echoed by the majority of startup founders and investors that we spoke to this week.