{"podcast":{"title":"Daybreak","slug":"daybreak-5886514","podcast_index_feed_id":5886514,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/daybreak-3e66db67-ddb3-4cd3-9ba9-460bd586dcbb","website_url":"https://the-ken.com/podcasts/daybreak/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Rt-MphGW4guEnb5R-2LjdE-AT6d9TYlATK0FInBEFEo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ODhl/ZWM4NmEwZTcxZjZk/MDRlYjAzNTNkMjJi/ZGQ2YS5wbmc.jpg","author":"The Ken","episode_count":769,"summary":"Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. Every day of the week, from Monday to Friday, Daybreak tells one business story that’s significant, simple and powerful. Hosted from The Ken’s newsroom by Snigdha Sharma and Rachel Varghese, Daybreak relies on years of original reporting and analysis by some of India’s most experienced and talented business journalists.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T12:21:28.397658+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daybreak-5886514"},"episode":{"title":"India's instant home help startups have a product people love and a business model people are breaking","slug":"india-s-instant-home-help-startups-have-a-product-people-love-and-a-business-model-people-are-breaking","published_at":"2026-04-29T22:14:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daybreak-5886514/india-s-instant-home-help-startups-have-a-product-people-love-and-a-business-model-people-are-breaking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daybreak-5886514","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/534a159d","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/534a159d/93050049.mp3","summary":"Investors are calling India's home-services market quick commerce's next big moment. Instahelp, Snabbit, and Pronto are betting big on it. They're sending trained workers to your door in under 10 minutes, at prices cheaper than a coffee. Orders, naturally, are in the millions. But the difference is that quick commerce eventually figured out how to make money. Here, on the other hand, 82% of consumers have already said they won't pay more than Rs 200 an hour. And on every order placed today, the market leader is losing twice what it earns. So who exactly is this boom working for? Tune in.","meta_description":"Investors are calling India's home-services market quick commerce's next big moment. Instahelp, Snabbit, and Pronto are betting big on it. They're sending…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":638,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daybreak-5886514/episodes/india-s-instant-home-help-startups-have-a-product-people-love-and-a-business-model-people-are-breaking/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daybreak-5886514/india-s-instant-home-help-startups-have-a-product-people-love-and-a-business-model-people-are-breaking.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}