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Guys, he was the technology executive in HR,

used those salaries to build up a nice personal nest egg

to make sure he could pay off his mortgages, pay off all his car loans,

pay off everything so he could take the risk and launch the company,

which he did in 2019, called UMWELT.A.I.

It helps HR managers make sure their employees are happy so they retain them.

He's got 16 customers today. Those are companies that pay for 16,000 seats on his platform.

That yields $10,000 per month in revenue or 120 grand of ARR. He's kept the company lean eight people,

sorry, six people full time out of India, paid himself very little, about to close a $200,000

pre-seed round out of $3 million post-money valuation. We'll see what happens next.

Hey, folks, my guest today is Vishal Chopin. He's a seasoned professional with two decades

in HR, leadership coaching, and mentoring. A former HR head turned teacherpreneur. He pioneered

umwelt.a.ai to empower CEOs and C.HROs in shaping a future

ready people first culture using AI. His expertise drives employee engagement and retention through

tech-driven insights, transforming workplaces for lasting success. So, shall, you ready to take us to the

top? Yeah. All right. So give me a customer story today. Who's using

UMWELT for employee engagement and people analytics? So these are large enterprises,

basically from different industries, normally service industries, which are highly,

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