Archive · 18 Dec 2025
Startup Co-Founder Fixes Bug on Wedding Day
Mehul Agarwal, the CEO of Koyal AI, shared a photo of his sister Gauri Agarwal, who is also a co-founder, fixing a critical bug just 10 minutes after her wedding ceremony.
This was done to show that starting a company is not as glamorous as people think.
Many believe that starting a company is easy and exciting, but in reality, it involves a lot of hard work, long hours, and dealing with challenges.
Mehul wants to remind everyone that building a startup is a tough job that requires dedication and effort.
The internet had mixed reactions, with some admiring their dedication and others criticizing the lack of work-life balance.
Gauri Agarwal, co-founder of Koyal AI, fixed a critical bug 10 minutes after her wedding ceremony.
The incident was shared by her brother and CEO, Mehul Agarwal, to highlight the reality of startup life.
Koyal AI is an Agentic AI Filmmaking Platform backed by Y Combinator, generating personalized videos for audio content.
The brother-sister duo, graduates of MIT and Carnegie Mellon University, are based in San Francisco.
Social media reactions were mixed, with some admiring their dedication and others criticizing the lack of work-life balance.
- Who
- Mehul Agarwal and Gauri Agarwal, co-founders of Koyal AI
- What
- Gauri Agarwal fixed a critical bug during her wedding
- When
- December 16, 2025
- Where
- San Francisco, at her wedding
- Why
- To highlight the reality of startup life and the hard work involved
- Person
- Mehul Agarwal and Gauri Agarwal
- Company
- Koyal AI
- Platform
- Agentic AI Filmmaking
- Backer
- Y Combinator
- Event
- Wedding
- Activity
- Fixing a critical bug
- Location
- San Francisco
- Education
- MIT and Carnegie Mellon University
