While Swiggy’s existing users continue to order, the real expansion lies in tapping into the nearly 90% of Indians who have never used food delivery. Speaking at YourStory’s TechSparks 2026, Rohit Kapoor, CEO of Swiggy's Food Marketplace, highlighted that driving future growth hinges on attracting these new consumers. 

Peak XV Managing Director Mohit Bhatnagar said the success of companies such as Zomato and the growing acceptance of startups in India's public markets have fundamentally changed what founders and investors believe is possible.

Indian startup founders are increasingly aspiring to build companies worth $50 billion or even $100 billion, a shift that is prompting venture capital firms such as Peak XV Partners to take bigger risks, according to Bhatnagar.

Meanwhile, India’s primary challenge in educating 247 million students is structural rather than numerical, as traditional schooling remains stuck in nineteenth-century methods despite society entering the intelligence era. 

Speaking at TechSparks 2026, leaders from Sri Chaitanya Group and Intel highlighted the need to end the legacy practice of treating technology as an isolated subject. Instead, education must integrate technical tools directly into daily learning to reflect modern workplaces where technology and work are seamlessly merged.

Lastly, IT services company Wipro on Thursday reported a slight decline of 1.40% in consolidated net profit to Rs 3,200.6 crore for the July-September quarter of FY27. The Bengaluru-headquartered company had posted a net profit (attributable to owners of the company) of Rs 3,246.2 crore in the year-ago period, Wipro said in a regulatory filing.

Here’s your trivia for today: Before moving into high-end acoustics, what German manufacturer made vacuum tubes and microphones under the original name “Laboratorium Wennebostel”?

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