Zerodha CEO Highlights Users Building Trading Tools
Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath said on March 10 that retail users are 'vibe coding' with Kite APIs to build portfolio dashboards, backtesting setups, market-insight tools and automated trading scripts, citing a Reddit 'panic sell' example. He encouraged experimentation via Zerodha's MCP plugin and noted many users rely on AI coding tools like Claude Code and Codex. Nasscom projects India's low-code/no-code market will grow from $400 million in FY21 to $4 billion by FY25.
Key Points
- 1Observes surge in retail 'vibe coding' using Kite APIs for trading tools
- 2Shows AI coding tools lower barrier, enabling non-programmers to build trading automations and prototypes
- 3Advises practitioners to test via Zerodha's MCP plugin before deploying AI-generated trading code
Scoring Rationale
Reflects credible, industry-relevant trend observation from Zerodha CEO, with practical examples, but limited novelty and shallow technical depth.
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