Entrepreneur has ‘No Idea What to Do’ after selling Firm for $975m

An entrepreneur detailed his struggle to find purpose since amassing huge wealth.

Vinay Hiremath, Shahed Khan and Joe Thomas sold their technology company Loom to Australian software company Atlassian in 2023 for $975 million.

But since selling the company, Vinay has said everything “feels like a side quest” and that he has no idea what to do with his life.

In a lengthy blog, he shared details of his life since selling the company.

Vinay admitted: “Life has been a haze this last year.

“After selling my company, I find myself in the totally unrelatable position of never having to work again.

“Everything feels like a side quest, but not in an inspiring way.

“I don’t have the same base desires driving me to make money or gain status. I have infinite freedom, yet I don’t know what to do with it, and, honestly, I’m not the most optimistic about life.”

He explained that he dedicated himself to studying robotics but lost interest again after realising “what I actually wanted was to look like Elon, and that is incredibly cringe”.

It also took a toll on his personal life as he revealed that he broke up with his girlfriend of two years.

Vinay continued: “If my ex is reading this. Thank you for everything. I am sorry I couldn’t be what you needed me to be.”

I am rich and have no idea what to do with my life.

Where I talk about leaving Loom, giving up $60m, larping as Elon, breaking up with my girlfriend, insecurities, a brief stint at DOGE, and how I’m now in Hawaii self-studying physics.https://t.co/cMgAsXq3St

— Vinay Hiremath (@vhmth) January 2, 2025

He worked at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. However, he realised it was not where he was supposed to be.

The entrepreneur wrote: “I learned about the power of urgency and having an undeniable mission.

“Not by reading it somewhere. By experiencing it. I came to realise how laughable my robotics stint had been in comparison.”

“And I started to realise that, although the mission of DOGE is extremely important, it wasn’t the most important thing I needed to focus on with urgency for myself.

“I needed to get back to ambiguity, focus on my insecurities, and be ok with that for a while. DOGE wasn’t going to fix that.”

Vinay is now self-studying physics in Hawaii to build a new company “that manufactures real-world things”.

He concluded: “It’s been too long since I’ve been completely raw and real with myself, so I’m applying a healthy dose of humility to everything I say and do.

“It’s the only thing that feels authentic.”