‘Our first challenge is to make ourselves believe…’, says Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu

In a new social media post that’s igniting conversations on Indian innovation, Zoho’s founder and Chief Scientist, Sridhar Vembu, has called on his followers to break free from a “defeatist attitude” rooted in the nation’s colonial past.

In response to a viral post that compares Zoho’s office suite launches to Google’s, Vembu highlighted that true technological progress begins with self-belief. The original post that led Vembu to make the comment was a detailed infographic shared by investor @FI_InvestIndia on X (formerly Twitter), highlighting Zoho’s “silent” rivalry with Google over two decades.