19-Year-Old Founder Zain Raises $11M Seed Led by a16z to Ship Personal AI Computer Core
nick_linck · x · 2026-10-07
19-year-old founder Zain has launched Core (The Personal AI Computer) with an $11M seed round led by a16z. His resume is going viral:
- Raised a $20k fund door-to-door at 12; traded a $2.1M quant fund at Millennium at 14
- Founded and sold his first company at 16; ex-Jane Street intern, turned down Yale for a startup residency
- Joined the residency at 18 last fall, hooping daily in the founders' backyard
Tagline: "the most powerful technology humanity has built should belong to you." Orders are open now.
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