India, Oct. 13 -- For most finance graduates, landing a job at an investment bank like JPMorgan is a dream come true. But for an Indian-origin investment banker, the allure of artificial intelligence proved stronger. In an interview, Varun Agarwal, 25, shared that he left his job at JPMorgan to work at OffDeal, an AI investment bank that aims to transform dealmaking through technology.

Agarwal, who previously also worked at Piper Sandler, acknowledged that his time at traditional firms helped him develop critical skills, but he said he wanted more. "The biggest lesson I learned from investment banking was how to perform a wide variety of tasks efficiently. It also taught me how to ask the right questions when evaluating businesses," he t...