He skipped college to intern with an ex-Sequoia director. Three years later, he's a cofounder.

Raghav Saraf (L) met Amit Jain (R) through the organizer of a hackathon he participated in.

Zamp

• Raghav Saraf joined Zamp after high school after meeting a former Sequoia director at a hackathon.
• He started as an intern and decided to skip college to keep working at the company.
• After three years, Saraf's role evolved to cofounder.

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Amit Jain and Raghav Saraf, cofounders of Bengaluru-based agentic AI startup Zamp.