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On 2026-04-18 @snowmaker told 2,000 future founders in Bengaluru that India is at…
Brief
Snowmaker told 2,000 founders in Bengaluru on 2026-04-18 that India is entering a second wave of AI-native global startups, citing Emergent and Giga as templates. He argued second-mover execution beats first-mover status, claimed AI enables ~20K lines/day per developer, highlighted younger founders (Aadit 18, Giga founders 20), and urged experimentation with models and open source.
Why it matters
On 2026-04-18 @snowmaker told 2,000 future founders in Bengaluru that India is at the start of a second wave of AI-native, global product companies, naming Emergent and Giga as the model of the future.
Key details
- Second-mover advantage matters: Zepto, Emergent, and Giga weren’t first movers; execution and speed win—@snowmaker claims AI lets builders write ~20,000 lines of code/day so one person can now do work that a year ago required ~100 people.
- Founders are getting younger and India can outcompete the US on engineering: examples—Aadit was 18 when he started Zepto and the Giga founders were 20 when they moved to SF; advice: experiment with the latest models/open-source, stay in the information flow (podcasts, X), and foster a tinkering culture.