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Feb 22, 2026

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11 min read

PhonePe’s IPO Isn’t About Payments. It’s About Pricing Power.

PhonePe IPO Valuation Analysis: Can India’s UPI Leader Justify a $12–15 Billion Listing Amid Profitability Concerns and Paytm Comparisons?

Peeyush Jain

Feb 18, 2026

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7 min read

The Adolescence of Technology

Happiness, Prediction Markets, Africa x China, and Founders

Peeyush Jain, +1

Feb 15, 2026

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10 min read

Europe Built the Digital World. Then It Let Others Run It.

How regulation, fragmentation, and risk aversion left Europe without a single global consumer tech platform—and why rules alone may not be enough to regain digital power.

Peeyush Jain

Feb 11, 2026

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8 min read

Something Big is Happening

Excel, SaaS Meltdown, AI Mafia, and Vibe Coding

Peeyush Jain, +1

Feb 8, 2026

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11 min read

Has the Korean Wave Peaked, or Is Asia Just Getting Started?

Why K-pop, Korean film, and streaming hits haven’t peaked—and how algorithms, not governments, now decide Asia’s global cultural power.

Peeyush Jain

Feb 4, 2026

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7 min read

China's Demographic Crisis and the Return to 400 Million

Advertising, AI Travel, American Wealth, and AI Borrowing

Peeyush Jain, +1

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