A 19-year-old opened an art studio, panicked 2 weeks in, and then turned it into a $320,000 viral hit. Here's how.

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Scuro in Singapore
Merida Lim opened Scuro, a neon art studio based in Singapore, in 2024.

Merida Lim

I moved across the world to get into the Ivy League. Then I quit Brown after a year to launch a VC firm at 21.

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Smaiyl Makyshov
Smaiyl Makyshov said his firm focuses on community-based investing.

Smaiyl Makyshov

Meet the 21-year-old media exec who wants TikTok shows to be taken seriously

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Rowan Winch
Rowan Winch cofounded Fallen Media at TKage.

Sydney Bradley

This 16-year-old refused a $300,000 offer to drop out of high school and now runs his own AI company

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Rudrojas Kunvar
Rudrojas Kunvar built Evion, an AI farm tool, while in high school.

Rudrojas Kunvar

I was Facebook's youngest engineer at 17. I left Meta at a moment when AI's lead can change every few months.

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Michael Sayman
Michael Sayman

Michael Sayman

Young founders share 12 pitch decks that raised millions in the AI boom

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Ditto cofounders Eric Liu and Allen Wang. Courtesy of Ditto
Ditto cofounders Eric Liu and Allen Wang. Courtesy of Ditto

Courtesy of Ditto

I founded an AI startup while still in high school. I'm now 22 and have raised over $2M — I have no regrets about skipping college.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Technology
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Ishraq Khan.

Courtesy of Ishraq Khan

Bollywood dance teammates raised $5.3 million for their Y Combinator AI startup. Read their pitch deck.

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Vihaar Nandigala and Kishan Sripada, standing in front of a white wall, wearing dark shirts.
Orange Slice cofounders Vihaar Nandigala and Kishan Sripada.

Dan St. Louis

How a dating app got a spot on 'Shark Tank' — and scored a $200K investment from Alexis Ohanian and Kendra Scott

Tech Insider : Business
KATE SIELER, SAMANTHA MARTIN SHARK TANK —
Kate Sieler and Samantha Martin cofounded the dating app Left Field and appeared on a recent episode of ABC's "Shark Tank."

Disney/John Fleenor

This 24-year-old founded a sneaker wholesale company that made $40 million in sales revenue last year — here's how he did it

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Oscar Rachmansky sitting next to window with city in background.
Oscar Rachmansky

Bryan Toro

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