New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath criticised startup pitch decks that lead with "we use AI". According to the venture capitalist, the phrase now automatically makes his eyes roll.

Nithin Kamath admitted that he'd nearly stopped reviewing decks opening with that line. He argued that founders must now consider AI merely "table stakes".

"The number of investment decks I get leading with 'we use AI' is ridiculous. It's reached a point where it automatically makes my eyes roll, and I've almost stopped looking at them," he wrote on X.

Kamath compared boasting about AI usage to bragging about daily bathing. According to him, it simply isn't a genuine differentiator anymore today.

"Bragging that your product uses AI is like brag...