A Bengaluru-based intern at a tech company abruptly quit his internship after securing funding for his AI startup, revealing this in a WhatsApp conversation with Karthik Sridharan, CEO of Flexiple. Sridharan posted the exchange on X, captioning it, 'This only happens in Bangalore,' which quickly went viral. Social media reactions were mixed; some praised the intern's entrepreneurial success, while others criticized his unprofessional exit. Abhimanyu Saxena, co-founder of Scaler, commented that the intern needed better communication skills. The incident underscores Bengaluru's reputation as a vibrant startup hub, as highlighted in the Startup Genome's Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2024.