How to build a browser for India

Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan

In this episode of The Indian Express' tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Arjun Ghose, CEO & Co-Founder, Veera. One of the very first and definitely most used application on the world wide web is the browser, and to make it localised and accessible for the average Indian, Arjun Ghose has come up with Veera, a browser for Indians. But in a world where there is no dearth of browsers, what makes Veera stand apart? Is being a mobile specific browser a boon or a bane? And what role does AI play in this? To find out this and more, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices.
Introduction 00:00
How is Veera different as a browser? 1:09
How a browser impacts it's device 2:20
Browser monopoly 6:13
Creating a browser for India 7:02
Is browser a Super App? 8:03
Browser wars 10:04
Being a mobile specific browser 14:25
AI and browsers 16:25
AI and personalisation 18:56
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar