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thumpN, an India-based live entertainment discovery and ticketing platform, has launched with an AI agent at its core.<\/p>\n
The thumpN platform went live on Monday (July 6) and bills itself as India\u2019s first \u201cAI-native\u201d discovery and ticketing service.<\/p>\n
thumpN has raised over $3.75 million (\u20b935.7 crore) in a pre-seed round, according to Inc42<\/em><\/a>, which first reported the raise.<\/p>\n Backers of the round include Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma\u2019s family office VSS Investco and Paytm CFO Madhur Deora, alongside Hyperlink Brand Solutions founder VG Jairam and Capitalmind co-founder Shray Chandra, Inc42<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s cap table also includes singers Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan and Badshah, according to the report.<\/p>\n thumpN was founded by Varun Khare, the former COO of Paytm Insider.<\/p>\n Zomato acquired Paytm Insider in 2024 and folded it into its District going-out app, now one of thumpN\u2019s rivals.<\/p>\n At the center of the platform is Shadow, a conversational AI agent that recommends live experiences based on a user\u2019s tastes.<\/p>\n Shadow is backed by a network of curators, including artists, promoters and venue insiders.<\/p>\n \u201cThis started from a simple frustration,\u201d said Khare. \u201cDiscovery today is fragmented across social feeds, algorithms, WhatsApp groups, and word of mouth.<\/p>\n \u201cThe explosion of India\u2019s live entertainment market, combined with the shift toward conversational and AI-native consumer behavior, has created an opportunity to rethink discovery from the ground up. We\u2019re building thumpN to feel natural.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to become India\u2019s most trusted platform to make the plan to go out.<\/p>\n \u201cDiscovery is the piece we\u2019re going after. We don\u2019t want to produce or create our own IPs and compete with the ecosystem. We want to enable it and help it grow.\u201d<\/p>\n Varun Khare, thumpN (via\u00a0Inc42)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cDiscovery is the piece we\u2019re going after. We don\u2019t want to produce or create our own IPs and compete with the ecosystem. We want to enable it and help it grow,\u201d Khare told Inc42<\/em>.<\/p>\n By thumpN\u2019s estimate, India stages more than 40,000 live events a year across 319 cities.<\/p>\n Live events were the fastest-growing segment of India\u2019s media and entertainment economy in 2025, expanding 44% year-on-year, according to the FICCI-EY report.<\/p>\n The report valued India\u2019s overall media and entertainment sector at \u20b92.78 trillion.<\/p>\n India\u2019s recorded music revenue grew to \u20b959 billion (USD $677 million) in 2025, as reported by MBW<\/a>.<\/p>\n thumpN enters a market led by BookMyShow, alongside Zomato\u2019s District and SkillBox.<\/p>\n BookMyShow co-promoted Travis Scott\u2019s India shows<\/a> with Live Nation<\/a>, drawing more than 125,000 fans across two dates.<\/p>\n Shreyas Srinivasan, a Director and Strategic Advisor at thumpN and the founder of Paytm Insider, said: \u201cMost ticketing platforms layer AI on top of a search bar. We rebuilt the experience to be AI Native.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShadow maintains context, reasons across live experiences throughout and learns your taste over time. The result isn\u2019t a smarter search box, it\u2019s a fundamentally different way to discover live entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n Shreyas Srinivasan, thumpN\/Paytm Insider<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cShadow maintains context, reasons across live experiences throughout and learns your taste over time. The result isn\u2019t a smarter search box, it\u2019s a fundamentally different way to discover live entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n thumpN\u2019s launch lands as the wider music industry moves discovery and ticketing onto AI surfaces, from Ticketmaster<\/a>\u2018s rollout on Google<\/a>\u2018s Gemini to Spotify\u2019s move to reserve concert tickets for superfans<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cLive entertainment has always been about connection \u2013 the right fan, the right artist, the right moment. When that connection happens, you get something far more valuable than a ticket sale.\u201d<\/p>\n Alaap Gosher, thumpN<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Alaap Gosher, a Strategic Advisor at thumpN, said: \u201cLive entertainment has always been about connection \u2013 the right fan, the right artist, the right moment. When that connection happens, you get something far more valuable than a ticket sale.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou get loyalty, belonging, advocacy. The platforms that help build those relationships, not just sell access to them, will shape the next chapter of India\u2019s live entertainment ecosystem.\u201dMusic Business Worldwide<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicbusinessworldwide.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" thumpN, an India-based live entertainment discovery and ticketing platform, has launched with an AI agent at its core. 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