New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Daksh Gupta, the Indian-origin CEO based in the US, faced criticism in 2024 for supporting a 14-hour workday. Despite the backlash, he remains firm in his stance, asserting that most Silicon Valley tech workers prefer working 12 hours daily, six days a week, according to a report by the San Francisco Standard.

Gupta is the co-founder and CEO of Greptile, an AI startup based in San Francisco. He earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the esteemed Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019. According to his LinkedIn profile, he has also interned at Qualcomm and Amazon Web Services. He has been developing Greptile since 2023.

Gupta's 9-9-6 lifestyle includes a strict work schedule of 9 am to 9 pm, six days a...