Meta employee met an Uber driver who turned out to be a startup founder developing TransChatMe

From Driver to Innovator: A Startup Story Unfolds in an Uber

Resham Khanna, an Indian product designer at Meta had an unexpected encounter during a routine Uber ride in San Francisco. In the ride that was luckily arranged by her friend, she spotted a poster in the car seeking help with a startup. The poster, affixed to one of the seats comprising a detailed plea from Frederico Coutrim, the Uber driver about a ‘revolutionary’ free mobile app TransChatMe.

To Resham’s surprise, Frederico turned out to be a successful startup founder whose app translates messages in real-time automatically for free. He is currently on the lookout for 1,000 downloads in order to pique the attention of investors. Seeing this as a brilliant initiative, Resham clicked a photograph of the poster and shared it through her social media, which has garnered impressive entrepreneurial spirit from Silicon Valley, even among those in seemingly ordinary roles.

The tweet above reveals that the app is applicable to both Android and iOS users as the respective download QR codes are provided above each. 

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