In the frenetic lanes of Mumbai, where time is a currency as precious as cash, a 19-year-old dropout from Stanford had a wild idea: deliver groceries in 10 minutes flat. It was 2021, and Aadit Palicha, alongside his childhood friend Kaivalya Vohra, launched Zepto, a startup that would soon become India\u2019s fastest-growing unicorn, valued at $5 billion by late 2024. \u201cIt started as a WhatsApp group where we were delivering groceries to our neighbours because that was a nightmare during the first wave of the pandemic,\u201d Aadit Palicha said in an interview with Y Combinator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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