JERSEY CITY – At least 600 young entrepreneurs, activists, scientists andentertainers featured in the 10th Annual Forbes 30 under 30, and threePakistanis made it to the list for the year 2021.Asad J Malik

Malik, 24, who moved to the US from Pakistan in 2016 for college, is thechief executive officer of Jadu AR. He is a pioneer in using augmentedreality for storytelling. His breakout project *Terminal 3* featured youngMuslim immigrants and a collaboration with Magic Leap called *A Jester’sTale* explored the personification of AI. Malik’s now working with Verizonto build educational AR experiences with 5G and his AR app *Jadu* turnsTikTok stars and musicians into holograms.Danish Dhamani

Another Pakistani native who grew up in East Africa, was terrified ofspeaking in classroom presentations and job interviews when he moved to theUS. He founded speech-coaching app Orai (for “oral AI”) with DrexelUniversity classmates Aasim Sani and Paritosh Gupta in 2017. Betweencorporate clients including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Comcast and IBM andindividuals who pay $10 per month, 5,000 active monthly users recordthemselves speaking and receive feedback such as how many times they say”um.” The Philadelphia-based startup has raised $2.3 million in seedfunding and expects to become profitable in 2021.Faizan Bhatty

Bhatty co-founded Halo Cars in 2019 while studying at the University ofPennsylvania, as a way to create new ad space on rideshare vehicles and away for Uber and Lyft drivers to earn more money. “Smart digital screenssit atop cars enabling the display of hyper-targeted ads,” said Forbes,adding that startup-competition awards funded prototypes and a pilot and$500,000 from angel investors followed. The company sold to Lyft within ayear of its inception.