8-crore job at Google to start his own company and eventually secure a US green card, Nepal-born techie Pratik Karki has a story that reads like a dream.
Walking away from a Rs 2.8-crore job at Google to start his own company and eventually secure a US green card, Nepal-born techie Pratik Karki has a story that reads like a dream. Just a few years ago, he feared he might be forced to leave behind the life he had built in the United States with his wife and return to Nepal.In the post, he revealed that two years ago, he was rejected from Google’s H-1B visa lottery for the fourth time. The repeated setbacks left him considering a move to Canada or even returning to Nepal. “I was looking at having to pack everything up. Try Canada, or go back to Nepal, and live thousands of miles away from the person I love. That night I came home and I was freaking out. My wife and I sat at the kitchen table and talked for a couple of hours. She told me we had enough saved to stay afloat, and that this was my dream after all. That was all the conviction I needed,” he wrote. At 27, Karki walked away from a Google job that paid around Rs 2.8 crore a year. The decision was daunting, given how much he stood to lose. However, instead of hesitating, he threw himself into entrepreneurship. He began testing ideas, discussing them with friends, mentors and fellow founders in San Francisco. During that process, he realised that what he truly wanted was not to work for companies, but to build one himself. GOT OUR GREEN CARDS TODAY! Here’s the full story, no BS, and a special thank you to my dad. My dad did his postdocs at Harvard and Berkeley when I was a toddler. Then his marriage ended, and he had to take care of my brother and me on his own. Going back to Nepal was the only… pic.twitter.com/DK7a16enlH — Pratik Karki (@ai_evals) May 27, 2026 “Somewhere in that haze, I figured out what I actually wanted to build. The definitive human data layer for frontier labs and enterprise AI teams. What had been an intuition from failed AI pilots at Google turned into a real product opportunity,” he wrote. The first taste of success Things moved quickly after that realisation. At a founders’ event in San Francisco, he met his future co-founder, Mannat. Soon after came their first data pilot and their first venture capital investment.Story continues below this ad “All of a sudden, we had a real company on our hands,” Karki said. Around the same time, he hired a lawyer and applied for an O-1 visa, which was approved. His green card process followed soon after. Karki also spoke about the growth of his company, Anthromind, which has since taken off and given him the opportunity to work with several notable companies. Reflecting on the milestone, he wrote: “Today my wife and I are both holding our green cards. I keep looking down at mine and feeling exuberant. Two immigrants, one company, one kitchen table conversation that changed everything.”Story continues below this ad Karki began his post by thanking his father, whom he credits for inspiring his dream of moving to the United States and building a life there. “My dad did his postdocs at Harvard and Berkeley when I was a toddler. Then his marriage ended, and he had to take care of my brother and me on his own. Going back to Nepal was the only way. He walked away from everything he had built in America for us. We moved to my grandparents’ house in a small room in the attic,” Karki wrote. He added that his father’s journey motivated him to return to the US and continue the life his father had once envisioned there but had been unable to pursue. Karki ended his post by dedicating the achievement to his father, writing: “Baba, this one is for you, thanks to all your sacrifices and lessons.”
Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher’s close friendship translated into a pure bond of marriage in 1985. The actor couple found solace in each other after Anupam’s relationship and Kirron’s first marriage ended. They went on to face financial and emotional struggles together, including Kirron’s cancer diagnosis in 2020. In a recent interview, Anupam recalled quitting his NBC series New Amsterdam halfway in the US, to return to India and be with his wife. He also revealed that there are no specific gender roles in their household, and he has a wish for his wife to make a cup of tea for him. During a conversation with Times Now, he shared, “When I was working in New York, I had a five-year contract for 5 seasons. I was earning great amount of money per episode. The series had become very popular and it was a great window for me to become a mainstream international actor over there. But, the moment I came to know Kirron has been diagnosed with cancer, it didn’t take me much time to decide that I must leave that and be next to her.”The veteran actor continued, “I was not physically next to her but it gave me great satisfaction. I was there. No matter how much differences we have sometimes, but if it comes to standing next to her, I am always there, and vice versa. I have learnt to deal with things in a calm way, I am way more calm, Kirron is hyper.” Anupam expressed that the couple and their son Sikander Kher haven’t set any typical family rules at home, and that Kirron Kher doesn’t even know how to cook at all. “We are always one family, touchwood. We have no pretensions. Kirron has never called me like, ‘Sunte ho ji’. I am dying for her to call me like that, or even make a cup of tea for me. She can’t even boil an egg. I have a dream that she should make a cup of tea for me. I make really good food, used to make a lot when we are dating each other.” During the interview, he also recalled an incident when his wife rejected gift of a saree from him and asked the actor to never buy a saree for her without taking her choice into consideration. “When we got married, I had gone to Chennai for a film’s shoot and Satish Kaushik was also with me. I thought of taking a saree gift for Kirron, it had only been 5 months since our wedding. Nalli sarees were very popular there at that time. I was trying to place the sarees on Satish while choosing it. I bought a Kanjivaram saree and gifted it to her,” he said. The actor further added, “She is not subtle. She opened it and said, ‘Anupam, always remember one thing – don’t ever buy a saree for me’. It was magenta in colour. I had also gotten a mangalsutra. She asked me not to gift her anything, but just give her the money to buy something of her choice.”Story continues below this ad Anupam Kher then mentioned that his partner Kirron Kher believes in being honest and straightforward unlike him. “Another thing is that Kirron is much more honest as a person than I am. She is straightforward, I can be a little diplomatic. She has the luxury of being blunt, I don’t have that. She was even very outspoken as a politician. That’s who she is, calls a spade a spade.” About Kirron Kher and Anupam Kher Kirron Kher was earlier married to businessman Gautam Berry, whom she married in 1979. They welcomed a son together, actor Sikandar Kher. However, they later got divorced in 1985. On the other hand, Anupam Kher was married to Madhumalati Kapoor, but the couple got separated and divorced in less than a year. Then, Anupam and Kirron tied the knot with each other on August 26, 1985. A health crisis hit the family in late 2020, when veteran actor-politician Kirron was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable form of blood cancer.
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