I quit college at 21 to run my AI company. Sacrifices like working up to 80-hour weeks while I had cancer were worth it.

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David Kobrosky
David Kobrosky dropped out of his studies at the University of Michigan to start Intros AI.

Courtesy of Sam Goldin

The YouTuber behind the Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest is launching a marketing startup. Here are the details.

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Anthony Potero and Talia Schulhof founded Pufferfish, a new marketing company working with brands on viral stunts.
Anthony Potero and Talia Schulhof founded Pufferfish, a new marketing company working with brands on viral stunts.

CJ Sanciangco; Pufferfish

Two Gen Z founders who raised $1.25 million for their AI startup share their pro tips for landing funding

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Aidan Guo and Julian Windeck
Attention Engineering cofounders, Aidan Guo, 19, and Julian Windeck, 23, say: Move to SF.

Attention Engineering

Two teen founders dropped out of school and raised $3 million out of Y Combinator. Read their pitch deck.

Tech Insider : Business
Georges Casassovici and Mathieu Rihet, standing in front of a white wall with their arms crossed.
Novoflow cofounders Georges Casassovici and Mathieu Rihet.

Novoflow

A 17-year-old earned $72,000 after investing his e-commerce profits into stocks. Here's why he bet on the tech industry.

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Young Geniuses: Samik Sidhu
Samik Sidhu, 17, created an e-commerce business and invested in stocks. [CORRECT?]

Samik Sidhu

Phoebe Gates and her Phia cofounder raised $8 million at 23 years old, and it taught them 3 big lessons

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Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni
Phoebe Gates (right) and Sophia Kianni (left) met at Stanford University.

Zhamak Fullad/Phia

I dreamed of working at Goldman Sachs until I interned there. Now I'm living my new dream — running a Y Combinator AI startup.

Tech Insider : Business
Raymond Zhao headshot
Raymond Zhao is the CEO and cofounder of Structured AI.

Courtesy of Raymond Zhao

I'm 18 and cofounded a multimillion-dollar company. Here's how I did it and my advice for other young founders.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A young man leans against a brick wall outdoors, wearing a black T-shirt and a gold necklace.
Zach Yadegari cofounded Cal AI in high school.

Courtesy of Zach Yadegari

Young founders share 8 pitch decks that raised millions in the AI boom

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Alyx van der Vorm (25) and Faraz Siddiqi (23) both raised capital for their startups this year.
Alyx van der Vorm (25) and Faraz Siddiqi (23) both raised capital for their startups this year.

Kevin Farley; Muhammad Anjum

Brothers, 19 and 20, quit Stanford and graduated from Y Combinator with $4 million. Read their pitch deck.

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Shraman and Shreyas Kar, both wearing Stanford merch and posing next to a window.
Shraman and Shreyas Kar.

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