How Zetwerk's founders raised a unicorn in 3 years! | Amrit Acharya, BP2B S2 E17

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

January 9, 2026

Duration

1h 3m

Channel

Best Place To Build

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

For most of us, MaaS seems like a spelling mistake at first. To us, it means a description of weight or the latest movie at the theatres. MaaS is not any of that! Today’s episode features Amrit Acharya, CEO of Zetwerk, a unicorn in the Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) industry. Amrit talks about how they started off with software as a product and then pivoted to manufacturing, how it keeps the engineer in him active, what MaaS as an industry actually involves and the challenges involved in managing manufacturing processes for multiple clients at the same time. Amrit talks about the unique music that each factory makes and his love for visiting new factories and listen to their hum. Both Amrit and Amrut also connect on beginning their careers after IIT at FMCG Companies. If you are curious about MaaS, how massive companies source their hardware, what manufacturing processes look like up close or are interested in Murphy’s law (this is an Easter egg), watch the full episode! Also, if you thought their names was the only thing our host and guest have in common, it’s not. Stay till the end to find out what else they share in common! Chapters: [00:02:06] Zetwerk’s Growth and their Business Model [00:09:30] Shift from Software Sales to Manufacturing as a Service [00:15:00] Why others cannot copy Zetwerk’s model [00:18:48] Amrit’s journey into Engineering and Zetwerk [00:21:00] Amrit’s Co-Founders and their Focus [00:24:15] Zetwerk’s operational scale and its complexity [00:37:44] Zetwerks’ Funding Journey and Investors [00:41:20] Future Plans and thoughts on going Public [00:45:20] History and relationship with his Co-Founders [00:53:39] Amrit’s time at IITM and how the campus has changed [00:58:22] Amrit’s advice to young students and founders [01:02:50] Wrap with a shout to Bhubaneswar #Zetwerk #ManufacturingasaService #CFI #Hardware #WindTurbines #SolarPanels #Electronics #ManufacturingNetwork #Bhubaneswar #BestPlacetoBuild #IITMadras

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Amrit Acharya

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• Amrut

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• Amrut

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• Amrut

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• Amrut

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Best Place To Build, featuring Amrit Acharya and Amrut, How Zetwerk's founders raised a unicorn in 3 years! | Amrit Acharya, BP2B S2 E17 explores Zetwerk’s software-led manufacturing playbook for scaling industrial supply chains fast Zetwerk provides Manufacturing as a Service by converting customer designs into production-ready specs, selecting capable suppliers, and project-managing delivery with transparency and reliability.

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