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The Road to $1,000,000 Gets Real | Meet the Drapers India: Semifinals I

🔥 Welcome to the Semifinals — where India’s most extraordinary founders step onto the global stage to fight for a place in the Grand Finale.

In this high-stakes episode of Meet the Drapers: India Season, four groundbreaking startups push the boundaries of robotics, AI, DevOps, and consumer intelligence. Guided by Tim Draper and an exceptional panel of judges, these innovators bring the future into focus.

💡 Startups Competing in the Semifinals:

🌊 Coratia Technologies
Reinventing underwater exploration and security with advanced robotics designed for defense, offshore infrastructure, and inland water resilience — bringing precision and safety to places humans cannot go.

⚙️ Toystack AI
Transforming DevOps with a cloud platform that automates deployment, scaling, and infrastructure management using enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters — making world-class tech accessible for teams everywhere.

🎨 Infloso AI (Molly)
At the frontier of AI, marketing, and the creator economy. With nearly a million users and 11,000+ brands on the waitlist for Molly — the world’s first AI marketer, they’re redefining how brands grow, storytell, and scale across platforms.

🧠 TheLightbulb.AI
Delivering Emotion AI–driven consumer insights that help brands understand human behavior with unmatched speed, accuracy, and depth — unlocking unbiased intelligence for modern market research.

👩‍⚖️ Judges Panel:
💼 Tim Draper – Legendary Silicon Valley Investor & Host
🎬 Polly Draper – Acclaimed Actress, Writer & Director
🎓 Mohan Lakhamraju – Founder & CEO, Great Learning
🎧 Midhula Devabhaktuni – Co-Founder & CMO, Mivi

💰 Who will earn their place in the Finale and get one step closer to $1,000,000 in investment?
This is where excellence meets destiny.

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