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Forbes has released the ninth edition of the 30 Under 30 Asia list, and 86 Indians have grabbed the spot among 300 people. The list features young entrepreneurs, leaders, and trailblazers across the Asia-Pacific region in 10 categories, including art, entertainment, sports, finance, and venture capital.
Merlin, a ChatGPT Chrome extension tool that was founded in 2022, is an All-in-One AI extension to write, summarize, code & play. The company’s mobile application has over one lakh downloads. The startup is backed by investors, including Better Capital.
Pratyush Rai, Siddhartha Saxena and Sirsendu Sarkar, the co-founders of Merlin, have made it to the 2024 list under Consumer Technology.
Pratyush Rai is the co-founder and CEO of Merlin. An IIT Kanpur aluminus, he holds a BTech degree in civil engineering. Rai Interned at National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and at Axis Bank in Mumbai. He then worked with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as an Associate before co-founding Merlin.
Siddhartha Saxena, one of the co-founders of Merlin, is also an alumnus of IIT Kanpur. He holds a BTech degree in Computer Science. Saxena worked as a research and development intern at Envestnet | Yodlee in Bengaluru and as a research intern at Wadhwani AI in Mumbai. He also worked as a researcher at Finland’s Aalto University. He worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at Jumio Corporation in Montreal, Canada.
Sirsendu Sarkar, an IIT Kanpur graduate earned a seat in IIT Kanpur. He holds a degree in Materials Science and Engineering. He interned at Gurugram’s Applop Mobile Solutions Pvt Ltd and as a Business Development Manager at GyanDhan in Delhi. Following this, he worked for over a year as a Business Analyst at Quantiphi in Bengaluru before co-founding Merlin. Following this, he worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at Jumio Corporation in 2019 in Montreal, Canada, before co-founding Merlin.
