Who are Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep? Indian origin innovators who rejected $525,000 job and Stanford PhD to build $61 million voice AI startup Giga
15 Nov 2025 | Category: Technology
IIT Kharagpur graduates Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep rejected lucrative offers, including a $525,000 US quant trading job, to build Giga, a voice AI company. Within two years, Giga secured $61 million in funding and now powers customer support for global firms like DoorDash, marking a significant Indian origin success story in AI.
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