I'm a female solo founder of an AI startup. It can be lonely, and I have to work hard to be taken seriously, but it's given me mental resilience.

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Annie Liao
Annie Liao says it would be nice to have a cofounder to share the highs and lows with.

Annie Liao

These 20-year-olds have grown their AI note-taking app for students by 5 million users in 6 months

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Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan
Turbo AI cofounders Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan.

Turbo AI

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.

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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.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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.

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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

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