Indian-origin entrepreneur buys chat.com for over $10 million, then sells, donates $250,000 to Khan Academy
Summary
Shah is an Indian-origin American entrepreneur who co-founded HubSpot, a leading inbound marketing and sales software company, back in 2006. The LinkedIn post that chat.com redirected users to read: "The reason I bought chat.com is simple: I think Chat-based UX (#ChatUX) is the next big thing in software. Days after buying the domain, Shah had appeared on a podcast where he had, in a candid conversation, said: "The reason I bought it (chat.com) is I am trying to get into the AI parties. "Lets say I lose a few million dollars it is worth the price of admission for me just because that pays the cover charge," he added. Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organisation that provides free online resources and courses to support learning across various subjects.