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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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.

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

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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.

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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.

Golpo

I'm 16 and just raised $1 million for my AI project despite being average at school. Here's why it helps to be delusional.

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Toby Brown, 16, decided to leave school to move to San Francisco.

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A 17-year-old designed a cheaper, more efficient drone. The Department of Defense just awarded him $23,000 for it.

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teenage boy sitting at a desk covered in electronics and wiring in a white room
Cooper Taylor poses with his drone circuit board.

Normin Taylor

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