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Why Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath wants fintech founders to rethink trading in the age of AI

Euros Room · 20 Aug 2026 · 🇮🇳 India
Why Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath wants fintech founders to rethink trading in the age of AI

Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath has urged fintech founders to rethink the future of trading and investing as AI, evolving market structures, regulations and emerging technologies reshape financial markets. He said brokers could eventually become little more than a “pipe” between customers and exchanges, while Rainmatter is again doubling down on fintech investments.

If you think about it, trading and investing have changed a lot on the surface, but the fundamental act has remained more or less the same. Platforms look better. They are easier to use. There is more information, more data, more products, and far better tools. But underneath…

The number of investment decks I get leading with “we use AI” is ridiculous. It’s reached a point where it automatically makes my eyes roll, and I’ve almost stopped looking at them. Founders need to realize that AI is just table stakes now. Bragging that your product uses AI is…

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