About
Entrepreneur, journalist and activist; founder and editor of MediaNama, a publication covering digital policy in India. He advises Saka Ventures and its portfolio companies on deal sourcing, deal review, and network access.
Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin
@pravapayments @GoSenso My headline learning from Prava's Agentic Commerce Hackathon: Even UCP enabled merchants are blocking agentic checkouts with a mandatory human screen. Meanwhile, even in the few instances where this went through, Shopify blocked "unverified" agents, which their agentic commerce
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Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin
@pravapayments @GoSenso Demo video! https://t.co/MQ0uqudH86
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Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin
1. @pravapayments for payments and emandate 2. Building with Claude Code 3. GPT-4o for receipt scanning. Excellent product and codebase review by GPT 5.6 Sol 4. UCP for shopify merchants who allow agentic commerce, to allow automated purchase 5. @GoSenso for return policies
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Invests in
GovTechMedia & Entertainment
Experience
- Reasoned.liveFounder & Authorcurrent2025 β presentInternet
- MedianamaFounder, Editor & Publishercurrent2008 β presentNew Delhi
- Asia SocietyAsia21 Fellowcurrent2019 β present
- TED ConferencesTED Fellowcurrent2016 β present
- CyberBRICS ProjectMember (Advisory Board)current2020 β present
- Savetheinternet.inCo-founder and volunteercurrent2015 β presentIndia
- Internet Freedom FoundationCo-Founder2016 β 2018http://www.internetfreedom.in
- WiFi Task Force (Government of Delhi)Independent Member2015Delhi
- Panos South AsiaAdvisor (Telecom Fellowship)2012 β 2013India
- TEDxDelhiCo-organizer2010Delhi
- ContentNext MediaEditor, ContentSutra.com2006 β 2008
- Motifmag.netEditor & Publisher2004 β 2005
Education
- Western International UniversityB.Sc. Business, Marketing2003 β 2006
Skills & more
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AdvertisingBusiness DevelopmentContent DevelopmentOnline AdvertisingMobile MarketingSocial Media MarketingEditingProduct DevelopmentStrategyDigital StrategyJournalismOnline MarketingLanguages English Β· Hindi
- Gamification β Coursera
- Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part I β Coursera
From Nikhil's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Western International University2
Shared employers
Also worked at Asia Society4
Also worked at TED Conferences31
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