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Call centres handle over 100 billion support calls a year, and most of them still sound like they did 20 years ago. That’s what pushed IIT engineers Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep to walk away from offers at Stanford, a $525k trading job, and a $150k systems-engineering role. Instead, they built Giga, AI voice agents that speak, listen, interrupt naturally, and resolve issues instantly across 99 languages. Today, Giga handles millions of customer calls every month for companies like DoorDash, and recently raised a $61M Series A from Redpoint, Y Combinator, and Nexus. The next time you call customer support, there’s a good chance the “person” on the other end won’t be a person at all. Would you trust an AI agent to solve your problem? #startup #founder #entrepreneur #startups #business

Al can now recreate the presence of someone you've lost, their voice, their stories, even the way they sounded when they spoke to you. That idea led two founders Calum Worthy and Russell Geyser to launch 2Wai, a startup that originally focused on letting people generate Al versions of themselves. But the product took an creative turn. Instead of digital twins, 2wai pivoted to building Al avatars of deceased relatives, a shift that's sparked both outrage and curiosity across the internet. Some say it feels like a Black Mirror script. Others believe it could preserve family history for generations. Would you ever talk to an Al version of someone you've lost? #startup #startups #founder #entrepreneur #business

After selling their first startup, two friends Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh spotted a major flaw in how credit card system. They were built to make people spend more, not save more. Their answer was Ramp, a credit card for businesses that automatically categorizes transactions, makes savings, and gives hours of time back to finance teams. After their recent $32b valuation, Ramp is proof that the smallest frustrations can create the biggest companies. #startup #startups #founder #entrepreneur #business

David Beckham’s IM8 becomes the fastest-growing supplement brand in history, generating $108M in its first 11 months. Along with co-founder Danny Yeung the man behind $560M health brand Prenetics, David Beckham built IM8, a drink that combines all essential supplements into one glass. 11 months in and IM8 is generating $9M a month, with over 420,000 customers. For Beckham, this wasn’t just another brand endorsement. It was the solution he needed. IM8 is a case study on how to leverage leverage celebrity, the right way. #davidbeckham #entrepreneur #football #startup #founded

At 17, Adarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha met Brendan Foody in their high school debate class. Five years later, they’ve overtaken Mark Zuckerberg’s record as the youngest self-made billionaires. It started in a Harvard dorm room, when they noticed talented graduates were struggling to find work, even in an AI boom when companies needed people to train their models. So they built Mercor AI, a platform connecting skilled workers with AI companies. They dropped out, bet everything, and built a $10B company. What were you doing at 22? 😅 #ai #founder #entrepreneur #harvard #founded

These three Nigerian founders turned job hunting from torture into a game - dubbed the Tinder for jobs Their idea? let AI handle the soul-destroying parts of applying, scraping listings, filling forms, and writing cover letters — while you just swipe yes or no. 500,000 users and 20M+ swipes later, people are landing interviews at giants like OpenAI, Nvidia, Coca-Cola, and Samsung. From chasing investors to securing YC backing, Sorce AI is quietly challenging LinkedIn’s dominance. #ai #founder #entrepreneur #nigeria #founded