[1] Gupta graduated with a degree in economics from Stanford University in 2004, earning the Phi Beta Kappa honor.

[10] Gupta's first job out of college was at the Monitor Group in San Francisco, a strategy consulting practice.

[3] In 2006, she and her husband moved to Atlanta, Georgia[8] and created a dating site for young Indians called Yaari.

[9] After leaving Smule, Gupta went on a road trip and started writing a book,[17] a fiction piece that took place in a futuristic Silicon Valley.

[18] Abandoning the book, she and her husband created Telepathic Inc. and an app called Hooked where users share 1,000-word pieces of fiction.