Even as Indians continue to rise as global tech leaders, many still face racist mockery for their accents and appearance — a reminder of how prejudice shadows progress. The latest example comes from Silicon Valley, where two young innovators from India, Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep, have faced a barrage of online hate despite their extraordinary success. Advertisement

The IIT Kharagpur graduates recently announced that their voice-based AI startup, Giga, had raised $61 million in Series A funding, joining the ranks of India-born entrepreneurs shaping the global technology landscape. The duo, both Forbes 30 Under 30 honourees, shared the milestone through a video on X (formerly Twitter), revealing that their product is already being used by DoorDash and is now set to expand to several

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