Meet the teen tycoons powering AI start-ups — and making bank off them
NY Post
Most 15-year-olds worry about things like an upcoming math test or whether their crush likes them back.
But a growing number of teenagers are using artificial intelligence to launch innovative tech companies, stressing about raising venture capital and product launches — not who they’ll take to prom.
While teen tech founders are nothing new — Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he launched Facebook and Bill Gates was 19 when he founded Microsoft — they’re getting younger and more prevalent thanks to the AI boom.
“What was really just a once in a blue moon sort of thing happening all of a sudden is becoming very common,” Kevin Hartz, a San Francisco-based tech insider who mentors teen founders through the startup program Z Fellows, told The Post.
“It feels very Americana, like that kind of entrepreneurial spirit is still alive and extremely well in the United States,” added Hartz, who is also the founder of the ticketing platform Eventbrite.
Silicon Valley is adapting to the shift. Last fall, Y Combinator — the buzzy startup accelerator and VC firm — launched an early decision program encouraging founders to apply for its accelerator program while they’re still in college. Z Fellows has no age requirement and openly supports founders who drop out of high school or college to build tech companies.
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