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The Economic Times
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How 'chull' led an IIT Kanpur graduate to leave a $300,000 job and build an AI startup

A year and a half ago, Sahil Dhull walked away from a senior, well-paid role at enterprise software company Cohesity. He was not moving to another employer or taking a break. He left, he says, because of "chull", a word for the persistent, nagging urge to pursue an idea.

That urge led him to launch AGI Interfaces, a venture building AI-powered glasses and a ring designed around proactive software agents, systems meant to reduce dependence on smartphones and traditional app-based interaction.

Leaving a high-paying role to pursue an idea

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