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Rohan Mehta
🇮🇳BANGALORE, INDIA

Rohan Mehta

FOUNDER & CEO · NEURALSTACK AI

$180M

VALUATION

340+

TEAM

2021

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The 28-Year-Old Who Built India's Most Valuable AI Startup

Founder & CEONeuralStack AI

🇮🇳Bangalore, India🏆 $180M Valuation

From a two-bedroom apartment in Bangalore with $3,000 in savings, Rohan built NeuralStack AI into a $180M company serving Fortune 500 clients across 30 countries.

$180M

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$12M

Net Worth

340+

Team

2021

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