Salone Sehgal

Alpha Women by Lumikai

Business EN ↓ 7 episodes

Nobody asks the woman who manages hundreds of millions in capital, built a media empire, backed the next unicorn startup, won a landmark case or led a company through a crisis how she thinks about risk. Instead, they ask how she manages her kids. Alpha Women is a series about power, ambition & leadership with women who've done the hard things: founders, investors, policymakers & creators. We talk about the choices they made, the doubt underneath & what it actually cost. Hosted by Salone Sehgal, Founder & Managing Partner, Lumikai. In partnership with Spotify | Media partner: Outlook Business.

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Salone Sehgal

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Nobody Saves You When You're First | Alpha Women Ep. 3 Pragya Misra x Salone Sehgal 03.07.2026 32:20

The first hire at both WhatsApp and OpenAI in India and a founder straight out of college, meet Pragya Misra. She hasn't just had a front-row seat to the rise of our generation's most consequential companies. She's helped lay the blueprint for them in India. Pragya brings a calm, insightful presence to the conversation, shaped by years of meditation and competitive golf, as we get into what it tak...

WhatsApp. OpenAI. What She Saw First | Pragya Misra x Salone Sehgal - Ep. 3 Intro | Alpha Women 03.07.2026 3:09

What does it take to be the first person Sam Altman hires in one of the world's most consequential market? The answer: Pragya Misra. Before heading Strategy & Global Affairs for OpenAI India, Pragya founded her own company straight out of college and later became WhatsApp's first hire in India. In this episode, we unpack what makes her who she is, and what these companies saw when they came callin...

Karuna Nundy on the Pursuit of Excellence | Alpha Women Ep. 2 x Salone Sehgal 25.05.2026 1:07:23

Most people know Karuna Nundy from the outcomes. This conversation is about the thinking behind them. In Episode 2 of Alpha Women, Karuna Nundy speaks with Salone Sehgal about why litigation feels like “living or dying,” why hard work creates brilliance, and how power, incentives and political economy shape justice itself. The conversation moves from courtrooms to institutions, from feminism to AI...

The Lawyer Behind "People vs Patriarchy" | Karuna Nundy x Salone Sehgal - Alpha Women Ep.2 22.05.2026 2:51

Karuna Nundy’s public persona has long been shaped by her legal accolades. Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. Human rights lawyer. Commercial litigator. One of TIME’s 100 most influential people in the world. But Episode 2 of Alpha Women is not a retelling of accolades. It is a closer look at the person behind them. The ambition, conviction and discipline required to build authority in...

Vani Kola on Power, Purpose & Building Against the Odds | Alpha Women Ep. 1 x Salone Sehgal 24.04.2026 44:46

Most people know what Vani Kola built. This episode is about how she thinks. 0:00 – Precap 1:43 – Episode Introduction 2:37 – Meet Vani Kola: The Force Behind Kalaari Capital 3:35 – What Success Really Means 4:48 – The Alpha Mindset Explained 6:40 – Growing Up and Building Conviction 14:40 – Money, Risk and Financial Thinking 17:40 – Building Kalaari Capital from Scratch 20:20 – Why New India Is a...

The likeability trap | Vani Kola x Salone Sehgal | Alpha Women 22.04.2026 2:04

The Vani Kola story is easy to summarize. The person behind it is not. Vani Kola, Founder and Managing Director of Kalaari Capital, has built one of India’s most influential early-stage venture capital firms, with $850M AUM and over 100 portfolio companies. But the milestones only tell part of the story. In Episode 1 of Alpha Women, Salone Sehgal, Founder & Managing Partner - Lumikai, sits down wi...

What It Really Takes to Lead as a Woman in India | Alpha Women (Official Trailer) 15.04.2026 1:16

What does it actually take to lead at the highest levels as a woman in India? The world has enough content that asks women about work-life balance and their morning routines. This isn't that. Alpha Women is a podcast series that cuts through the noise. Raw conversations with the women at the top of their fields. Asking the harder questions: How do you think about risk? What did you have to sacrifi...