Richard and Abhay co-created The Setup in 2015. Richard quit his programming job in 2016 to pursue stand up comedy full time. His comedy special has over a million views and he has 1.5 million followers on Social Media.

Abhay is a comedian/writer/producer that moved from South-India to South Central Los Angeles for grad school. He's appeared on CBS, Audible's "America from Abroad with Rob Delaney", been featured in The Huffington Post, and recently completed a 20 show tour of India. He is also the creator of the Desi Comedy Fest- the largest South Asian comedy festival in America.