He Swapped a ₹1.9 Crore Microsoft Paycheque for an AI Startup and Now His Big Bet Is Paying Off

A 25-year-old former Microsoft engineer, Junead Khan, left a $200,000-plus job in Seattle to launch Treasury, an AI-powered money coach. He built the startup alongside his job, used savings as seed funding after accelerator rejections, and grew an audience on social media. Treasury has over $6,000 in revenue but remains early-stage and unsalaried.