IIT Kanpur graduate made Rs 77 crore in a day at 26, says getting into Computer Science course was '20 times harder than Harvard'
Published on: July 15, 2026, 8:59 p.m. | Source: The Economic Times
Siddhartha Saxena, an IIT Kanpur graduate, achieved remarkable success in the United States. He co-founded Merlin, an AI-powered Chrome extension, which is now valued at fifty million dollars. Saxena revealed earning eight million dollars in a single day at the age of twenty-six. According to him, gaining admission to its Computer Science course is "20 times harder" than getting into Harvard University.
