Meet the man whose Truecaller app identified 30 billion spam calls in India

Nami Zarringhalam is co-founder of Truecaller, one of the world's top caller-ID and spam blocking firms. He says the company plans to go public by 2022 and India would play a key role there

Despite work-from-home becoming the new normal due to the pandemic, Nami Zarringhalam, co-founder of Truecaller, walks everyday from his home to his office in Stockholm, Sweden, where the company is headquartered. Truecaller is one of the world’s largest caller-identification and spam blocking services firm. Though Zarringhalam has been able to spend more quality time with his family amid the pandemic, he misses travelling to India a lot.

“I miss both our teams and the insights that we get every time we go to India,” says Zarringhalam. “It is very close to our hearts and our second home.”

Indeed, Truecaller has