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OYO CEO meets AI learning startup founder in Nagpur

By Startup Enthusiast · 6 April 2026

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OYO is a hospitality company with hotels in 35+ countries

OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal met the founder of an AI learning platform for kids at a café in Nagpur

The founder had earlier approached several prominent Indian entrepreneurs for advice

The founder of an unnamed AI learning platform for kids pitched OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal at a C7 café in Nagpur.
The founder, a Reddit user named rohit_raut5, is building a personalized AI learning platform for kids based in Nagpur.
The platform has early users.
Agarwal responded positively, saying, 'You're building this from Nagpur? That's really good.'
The founder and Agarwal took a photograph and exchanged words before parting.
The founder had previously approached Uday Kotak, Nikhil Kamath, Nithin Kamath, and Ashish Hemrajani.

OYO is a hospitality company operating in 35+ countries.
It has 175,000+ hotels and homes and has hosted 100 million+ guests.
OYO's app has been downloaded 10 crore+ times.
OYO for business is trusted by 5,000 corporates.
OYO added 3,500 new corporate clients in FY25 and logged 20% annual growth.
OYO was the most profitable Indian startup in FY25 with Rs 623 crore profit.
OYO brands include OYO, Sunday Hotels (premium), PRISM (corporate entity), DanCenter (European holiday homes), and G6 (US extended stay).
OYO renamed its corporate entity to PRISM in September 2025 to reflect global expansion.
Sunday Hotels plans to add 40 hotels in 2025-26 and has crossed 200+ properties worldwide.
DanCenter plans to add 250 vacation homes in India in FY26.
G6 scaled its extended stay strategy with 38 new hotel openings across the US in May 2026.
OYO deployed Google's Veo 3 AI technology in August 2025.