{
  "id": 2145404,
  "title": "How an ex-Buddhist monk & Meta engineer founded a startup that now rivals Accenture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/how-an-ex-buddhist-monk-meta-engineer-founded-a-startup-that-now",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T11:31:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/in-2021-a-former-buddhist-monk-who-was-a-software-engineer-at-meta-accidentally-founded-a-startup-that-now-competes-with-accenture/articleshow/133375483.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lilly Chen, a former Buddhist monk and Meta software engineer, founded Contenda after a hackathon. She and three friends turned a pandemic-era project into a successful startup. The company focuses on helping businesses repurpose technical content effectively. Contenda secured one million dollars in pre-seed funding in March 2021. Chen now leads the company as its chief executive officer.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}