Ride-Hailing at Scale & India’s Gaming Bet | Rishikesh SR (Rapido) | Tina Balachandran (LightFury Games) | Ep 35

Episode connects India’s mobility flywheel with a homegrown AAA push — from bike-first networks and captain earnings to an India-built sports title aiming global.🛵 Rishikesh SR — Co-founder, RapidoRapido is growing >100% YoY in a once-duopoly market; we dig into footprint vs Ola/Uber, the flat-fee model’s impact on captain earnings/loyalty, labour-code shifts for gig workers, Bengaluru’s bike-taxi rebound, Tier-2/3 expansion playbooks, food-delivery plans, and an EV-forward thesis.🎮 Tina Balachandran — CPO & Co-founder, LightFury GamesWhat “AAA” means, why bet on an India-first AAA now, pacing ambition vs risk, the AI stack and gaps, E-cricket launching 2026, building for a mobile-first audience, making India an AAA export hub by 2030, and hiring for a human-intensive build.This episode is made possible by Offline. 🎧 Watch, subscribe, and tell us: Which home grown games do you play the most?Follow us: X → https://x.com/OfflineOnAir Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theofflinenetwork LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/offlineonair Website → https://www.theoffline.network