Founder story
Three engineers from Gujarat and the motor they're building for India
Giraffe Studios2026-02-146 min readFounder stories
Great founder stories are often grounded in technical frustration. In Naxatra's case, the frustration was simple: India was building an EV future without owning one of its most important subsystems.
Starting from conviction
The team chose to build a configurable motor platform suited to Indian conditions, with domestic value capture engineered in rather than treated as a future aspiration.
“This is not just a motor story. It is a story about whether India wants to remain downstream forever.”
The result is a business that sits at the intersection of EVs, agriculture, drones, and industrial automation, exactly the kind of compounding platform deep-tech ecosystems are built on.