India, March 19 -- A couple of decades ago, most Indian founders built companies with a local lens. The business was incorporated in India, investors were largely domestic, and international expansion was something you thought about after achieving scale. Structure rarely felt like a strategic concern early on.

That reality has changed dramatically. Today, Indian startups are going global far earlier than before - building AI solutions or software keeping the US customer in mind, delivering services in Europe, hiring across Asia and the Middle East. Founders are speaking to investors in Singapore, Dubai, London and Silicon Valley from their seed or Series A stages. Capital is global. Customers are global. Talent is global. And expectatio...