Self-taught 17-year-old with 5 ~$1M+ AI lab offers: 'traditional education is so dead'
deedydas · x · 2026-10-11
Investor Deedy met a teenager who taught himself AI with LLMs at 14 while barely speaking English, did a year-long internship at a top AI company, flew to a top-10 US undergrad, dropped out in two weeks, and at 17 holds five $1M+ offers from top SF neolabs. "Traditional education is so dead," Deedy concludes. A follow-up quotes him: "SF vibe just hits different... I just want to learn. I don't care at all about the money."
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