Zomato's Deepinder Goyal eyes $1,000 forehead wearable and $20mn aviation play post-CEO exit
After stepping down as Eternal CEO in February, founder Deepinder Goyal is backing a $1,000 wearable device and putting $20mn into LAT Aerospace's 8-seater planes, signaling diversification beyond food delivery even as he pushes Eternal to keep reinventing.
What happened
Zomato (Eternal) · Eternal (formerly Zomato) founder Deepinder Goyal, who stepped down as CEO in February, is launching a $1,000 wearable device and investing
Key facts
- $1,000 device price
- $20 mn aviation investment
- $1.3 billion net worth
- 8-seater planes
Why this matters
Goyal's LAT Aerospace 8-seater and wearable plays open early partnership or co-investment optionality in adjacent hardware and regional-aviation spaces, but the pre-revenue, founder-driven nature keeps these firmly in the watch-and-wait bucket for now.
What to watch
- Eternal quarterly guidance and analyst commentary referencing founder focus
- Wearable product launch date, pricing, and pre-order traction
- DGCA/aviation regulatory milestones for LAT's 8-seater program
- Any Eternal share sales by Goyal to fund ventures
- Institutional investor statements on governance and capital allocation
- Watch for formal entity structuring and external co-investors in LAT Aerospace and the wearable venture
- Eternal to reaffirm CEO succession and Blinkit-led growth narrative to insulate core from founder-side-bet noise
- Talent recruitment signals: hardware and aerospace engineering hires indicating seriousness vs. exploratory dabbling
- Goyal to frame bets as ecosystem-adjacent (logistics, drone delivery synergy) to justify strategic coherence
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