He learned one lesson at his family's Michigan business. Now it's a $1 billion AI startupApurva Shrivastava, an Indian-origin entrepreneur who studied in MIT, founded Avoca after observing missed customer calls. This AI startup ...
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Meet Mana Jampala: The 12-year-old who learned Python at age 9 and built Voxa, an AI startup helping businesses in multiple countries avoid missed calls and customersA twelve-year-old student named Mana Jampala created an AI receptionist. This innovative tool, Voxa, helps small businesses manage customer...
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Financial literacy for students: The skills Indian schools still aren't teachingFinancial literacy for students refers to the ability to manage money: budgeting, saving, investing, and recognising fraud. Only 16.7% of I...
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India's youngest self-made billionaire is looking for a room on D-StreetA teenager once pitched ₹30 lakh for a slice of his startup and mostly got no for an answer. That same idea now heads toward the public mar...
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He didn't just learn AI; he turned it into a Rs 1 crore-a-month business by teaching othersA 13-year-old Ayush Singh transformed pandemic curiosity into a thriving AI business, reportedly earning Rs 1 crore monthly. He bypassed tr...
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At 13, he left school. At 14, he owns office in Burj Khalifa, Dubai: How teen built a thriving AI business, without taking an AI courseA 14-year-old prodigy, Jainam Jain, is making remarkable strides in the business world, even securing an office on the 141st floor of Dubai...
25 Jun, 2026, 03.02 PM IST
While others relaxed after class 12 boards, these Surat boys used their summer holidays to start a cold coffee business & earned nearly Rs 2 Lakh in less than 3 monthsTwo Surat teenagers, Shreyanshu Rana and Pratham Pengawala, transformed a school fair idea into a successful cold coffee business, Aes The ...
25 Jun, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
What next? Internet off before exams?In a bid to curtail exam leaks, the government has put a stop to Telegram access until June 21, impacting countless users in the process. C...
16 Jun, 2026, 11.17 PM IST
Who is Zach Yadegari? US teen founder sold a gaming app for $100K, built $40M Cal AI, now launches 'Flow'Zach Yadegari, a US teen founder, achieved two successful startup exits before age 20, selling a gaming site for $100,000 and an AI calorie...
11 Jun, 2026, 08.45 AM IST
Life Advice of the Day by Jensen Huang: “Greatness comes from character, and character isn’t formed out of smart people. It is formed out of...” From washing plates as a child to building the AI revolution: how NVIDIA’s billionaire CEO turned failure into fortune and changed technology foreverJensen Huang’s life advice is simple but powerful: character grows through struggle, not comfort. The NVIDIA CEO did not become a billionai...
04 Jun, 2026, 01.43 AM IST
At 16, they managed fast-food night shifts; after a stressful rush, the Illinois student quit; now facing a legal threat over a pair of headsetsA 16-year-old fast-food shift lead from Illinois says they quit after a high-stress rush at work. The former employer has since accused the...
25 May, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
Beyond Borders and Degrees: How a global collective of teenagers is forging India’s next Silicon ValleyIn Bengaluru, a group of teenagers is pioneering a new path for India's startup scene through a unique hacker house. This initiative provid...
02 Sep, 2025, 04.50 PM IST
Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos earlier worked at McDonald's? Here’s something you may want to knowAmazon founder and billionaire, Jeff Bezos took to Twitter and made references about his McDonald's job, which was his first. He made the r...
30 Aug, 2022, 09.54 AM IST
Starting up, teens are tapping TwitterTeenagers are turning to the community of #StartupTwitter to build products, access founders and venture capitalists, and scout for freelan...
11 Oct, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
Akudo bags $4.2 million in seed funding led by Y Combinator, othersFounded in August 2020 by Lavika Aggarwal, Khanna, and Jagveer Gandhi, Akudo provides personalised prepaid Visa cards to teens.
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Mumbai angels bet on mobile video techVliv will use the funds to expand its footprint and launch its next video app simultaneously in over 15 international languages.
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