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Vrishank

Startups/VC/tech • 1y

People criticize Bhavish Aggarwal a little too much for "copying" Uber. Bhavish Aggarwal is criticized for copying an startup idea which already existed in the US. I don't think it makes sense to do so, Uber started in 2009, Uber was not a big hit

Anonymous 5

Hey I am on Medial • 2m

Bhavish Aggarwal’s story is sold as bold and scrappy, but the truth is he didn’t fight the odds—he was the odds. IIT Bombay grad, ex-Microsoft, born into a financially stable Punjabi family—he didn’t risk it all, he risked comfortably. Starting Ola wasn’t some leap into the unknown; it was a calculated pivot from a high-paying job with elite safety nets. He had the pedigree VCs worship: IIT tag, fluent English, and just enough “India story” to feel edgy without being threatening. Ola didn’t win because it was better—it burned mountains of cash, copied playbooks, and crushed competition with deep funding, not revolutionary thinking. Behind the scenes? Layoffs, toxic culture, botched EV rollouts, and workers treated like disposable code. Yet Bhavish is still framed as a visionary. Why? Because he fits the image—clean, connected, and credentialed. This wasn’t a battle against the system. It was privilege riding the wave, dressed up as hustle.

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