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From rejected Rs 4 cr job offer to Rs 570 cr startup: How this IIT founder from a poor background convinced parents to win big

Published on: April 20, 2026, 1:47 p.m. | Source: The Economic Times

An IIT-Kharagpur graduate rejected a ₹4.3 crore job and Stanford PhD to co-found Giga, an AI startup that recently raised $61 million. Despite the success, the company faces allegations of malpractices and misleading employees from a former worker, which Giga denies as an extortion attempt.

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