Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh Talks Tech, Open Source, AI & Future of India’s Finance! | KPH | #ep44

🎧 Sponsored by Mozilor (https://mozilor.com) ---------------------------- 🎙 Podcast Episode Inside the Mind of Kailash Nadh — CTO of Zerodha | FOSS, AI, Climate & Building with Purpose In this episode, we sit down with Kailash Nadh, the CTO of Zerodha, India’s largest stock broker — and a lifelong FOSS hacker, absurdist, and systems thinker. From building a lean tech team at Zerodha to co-founding foundations like FOSS United, Rainmatter, and more, Kailash brings a rare blend of idealism and technical depth. ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 03:33 - Journey to Zerodha 10:23 - Team building 13:13 - Scaling Zerodha during COVID 16:00 - Open source: why and how it matters 22:23 - Projects like Olam, Listmonk 32:17 - Building a mailing software 39:46 - AI, DeepSeek & large models 40:55 - Should India build its own AI stack? 46:11 - Future product ideas & philosophy 47:51 - About KPH & questions from the KPH mafia 48:29 - Climate, tech & public commons 52:33 - Tools Kailash uses daily 57:04 - Daily routine as a techie 01:01:25 - Health, Wealth & Relationships 01:09:29 - Book recommendations 01:17:25 - Nithin & Nikhil Kamath 01:20:33 - Kerala or Bangalore? 01:21:50 - AI and the future 01:25:18 - Bryan Johnson & climate collapse 01:26:13 - Social media & influence 01:30:00 - Outro ⸻ 🔗 Follow Kailash Nadh 🌐 FOSS United 🌱 Rainmatter Foundation 📂 GitHub 🐦 Twitter / X ⸻ 🔔 Subscribe for more unfiltered conversations with builders, thinkers & makers who are shaping the future of tech and society. 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts – link in description/bio. #Zerodha #KailashNadh #FOSS #OpenSourceIndia #AI #ClimateTech #Rainmatter #FOSSUnited #StartupIndia #DeepTech #TechPodcast #IndieHackers 📢 If you're a founder, investor, or aspiring entrepreneur, this episode is packed with insights on how to build, scale, and sell a startup successfully! 🔥 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more expert insights on startups and tech investments! 🎤 Guest Info Guest Name → Kailash Nadh 🔗 Social Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kailashnadh?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app ---------------------------- 🔗 Useful Links - Follow Kerala PH : https://bio.link/keralaph - Join Our Community → https://join.kph.club/ - Follow Felix Josemon→https://bio.link/felix ---------------------------- 🎥 More Videos to Watch → Cherian Thomas’ Journey with Wisdom from Naval Ravikant & Byju Raveendran | https://youtu.be/cDdsjwxbdcs?si=Kd9FYZSxbkAKAdr7 → KERALA IS WAITING FOR NEXT ZOHO OR FRESHWORKS | Ft. Arjun Pillai | https://youtu.be/3y-iQiVk8fw?si=FVNhdGnRPlVSbVCV → ഒരിക്കലും റിട്ടയർ ചെയ്യരുത് എന്നാണ് ആഗ്രഹം | Jijo Sunny (Buy Me a Coffee) | https://youtu.be/4209yIOgj04?si=K7H3k3BS0WHQF6F- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #startup #technology #kerala #zerodha #zerodhakite #kailash #podcast #top #stockmarket