# 5206: Flipkart’s AI A-team; Block deals at Lenskart, Meesho; and Anthropic backtracks after blowup | MC Tech3 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneycontrol-podcast-471941/5206-flipkart-s-ai-a-team-block-deals-at-lenskart-meesho-and-anthropic-backtracks-after-blowup-mc-tech3 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneycontrol-podcast-471941/5206-flipkart-s-ai-a-team-block-deals-at-lenskart-meesho-and-anthropic-backtracks-after-blowup-mc-tech3.md Podcast: [Moneycontrol Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneycontrol-podcast-471941) Published: 2026-06-11T14:00:21+00:00 Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8915403 Audio file: https://audioboom.com/posts/8915403.mp3?modified=1781186445&sid=4937727&source=rss Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/moneycontrol-podcast-471941/episodes/5206-flipkart-s-ai-a-team-block-deals-at-lenskart-meesho-and-anthropic-backtracks-after-blowup-mc-tech3 Duration seconds: 394 ## Resource In today’s Tech3 from Moneycontrol, we look at Flipkart’s latest AI-focused leadership hiring spree as it gears up for the next phase of growth and a future IPO. We also track major investor exits at Lenskart and Meesho, where early backers are turning paper gains into cash through large block deals. Plus, Anthropic reverses course after criticism over restrictions in its new AI model, and Bengaluru-based Ethereal Machines raises $28.5 million to expand manufacturing, semiconductors and industrial AI capabilities. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/moneycontrol-podcast-471941/episodes/5206-flipkart-s-ai-a-team-block-deals-at-lenskart-meesho-and-anthropic-backtracks-after-blowup-mc-tech3/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneycontrol-podcast-471941/5206-flipkart-s-ai-a-team-block-deals-at-lenskart-meesho-and-anthropic-backtracks-after-blowup-mc-tech3.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.