Manish Maheshwari is General Partner at BAT VC, a New York-headquartered venture capital firm backing AI, Fintech and Enterprise SaaS startups. He previously led Twitter India as Country Director and headed global new market expansion until its acquisition by Elon Musk. Earlier, he co-founded Fanory.ai (acquired by JetSynthesys), helped scale Flipkart before its $17 billion acquisition by Walmart and served as CEO of Network18 Digital. A Mason Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and Wharton MBA, Manish served on the Governing Council of The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). He writes about AI, innovation and policy and its implications on business and entrepreneurship.