Elevation Capital

The next chapter of AI is unfolding beyond screens in the real world, where nothing is tidy or predictable. Physical AI devices are learning to see, move, and make sense of the spaces around us in warehouses, construction sites, factories, and beyond.

Thank you to @spc_india and all the teams who brought their demos to the stage at Physical AI Demo Night!

Some of India’s sharpest builders started in dorm rooms instead of boardrooms, and our time at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani was proof. At Campus Connect 2026, we met the next generation of builders on a campus that has long been a launchpad for Indian founders.

With Campus Connect is simple, we want to reach young builders and give them the head start and the push to build something remarkable.

In that spirit, Manish Advani (@manishadvani12) sat down with Kshitij Khandelwal (@kshitijgokul) of Pixxel (@PixxelSpace) to share his entrepreneurial journey, one that began in a BITS dorm room. Hearing it from someone who walked the same corridors made the distance between a bold idea and a company feel a lot shorter.

Kanishk Mehta, Shourya Sodhani, Shreedhar Malpani, and Akshat Singh from our team spent the day in one-on-one coffee chats with students to help them understand the world of venture capital.

Huge thanks to everyone at BITS Pilani who made this happen. We can’t wait to see what you build. ✨

In the world of AI, what felt defensible in January can become table stakes by April.

That pace feels unforgiving from the outside, but it’s also a great leveler. Every few months, a reset brings an opportunity to punch above your weight and go up against players many times your size, provided you can adapt quickly and build around it faster than they can.

In our latest episode of SummitUp, Krishna Mehra (@kpowerinfinity) and Poorvi Vijay (@PoorviVijay) talk about why that speed is turning into the real unfair advantage for this stage of the AI buildout.

Catch the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=HkUjZQ…

The young Indian shopper is deliberate about the life they want, and resourceful about how they get there. From surplus finds to pre-owned listings, this generation is finding new ways to reach the brands it aspires to have.

That resourcefulness has opened up real room for two business models:

→ Off-price retail brings surplus and past-season stock from brands and mills to brand-savvy young professionals. AI makes allocation, pricing and markdown timing cheaper.

→ C2C resale lets shoppers buy branded goods pre-owned from households selling what they no longer use. AI makes listing, pricing, authentication and fraud checks cheaper.

Both models operate in large trades that still run largely informally in India. We believe the opportunity lies in moving them onto organised platforms that shoppers can trust, and AI can make this work now. It takes the cost out of the patient, item-by-item work of describing, pricing and checking goods.

Vaibhav Chowdhury’s (@vaibhav9339) in-depth piece explores how aspiration and ingenuity are shaping the businesses that will serve the next generation of Indian shoppers: elevationcapital.substack.com/p/the-delibera…

While we interact with a new and promising AI agent every other day, the possibilities for AI to operate in the real world are equally exciting.

We're thrilled to partner with @spc_india to bring you Physical AI Demo Night, a curated evening to explore the most interesting use cases for AI in the physical world, from robotics and hardware to drones, spacetech, and more.

A few selected teams will present their live demos, followed by an open house to get a closer look at every product.

Apply to demo or participate as audience: luma.com/physicalaidemo…