Ajeet Singh on startup innovation
From Episode 5: Lessons from Building Thoughtspot and Nutanix with Ajeet Singh · · Vidya Raman
“There are always people throwing these things that big companies can do everything. That is true. But the ability of a couple of really great entrepreneurs to come together and have a unique point of view on customer problem and have no baggage to really build a new kind of solution from scratch, I don't think a big company can actually do that because they have too much baggage, politics, and vested interests.”
On , Ajeet Singh, Cofounder at ThoughtSpot, spoke about startup innovation during Episode 5: Lessons from Building Thoughtspot and Nutanix with Ajeet Singh on Vidya Raman.
About Ajeet Singh
Ajeet Singh, cofounder of ThoughtSpot, spoke at the NextGen SCM event in Delhi on May 19, 2026, about modern supply chain challenges. He described supply chain as "meeting customer expectations with probably minimum cost and in a lean and mean manner." Singh stated that changing customer expectations, including demands for speed, agility, lower cost, and variety, are driving organizations to build more resilient and responsive networks. He noted that "technology and knowledge barriers are coming down" and that competition is widespread, creating pressure on supply chains. Singh argued that enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are often "one-size-fits-all solutions that fail to account for industry nuances," leading to siloed information and a lack of responsiveness. He said different industries face unique challenges, citing examples such as the steel industry's liquid metal conversion, discrete manufacturing's assembly of millions of parts, and the fashion industry's need for season planning and markdown optimization. Singh stated that tailored solutions are required rather than generic ones, and that technology can help with demand sensing, supply chain planning, and operations execution to improve responsiveness.