Self-taught 17-year-old with no degree lands 5 ~$1M+ offers from top SF AI labs
deedydas · x · 2026-10-11
Investor Deedy shares the story of a teenager who taught himself AI with LLMs at 14 despite barely speaking English, completed a year-long internship at a top AI company, enrolled at a top-10 US undergrad, dropped out after two weeks, and now at 17 holds 5 job offers of roughly $1M+ each from leading SF AI labs. His takeaway: traditional education is dead; today's kids are built different.
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