An 18 -year -old managed to create an artificial intelligence application with millions of users and projected annual revenue of $ 30 million. However, his career was not easy and despite his rejection by leading US universities he continued until he had his goal.

Zachary Yadegari, a student of Roslyn High School in Long Island, is the creator and CEO of Cal Ai, an app that allows users to calculate calories simply by photographing their food as CBS News reports. Accurately 90%, the application recognizes ingredients such as rice, avocado or sauce, and has already exceeded 5 million downloads. The app is supported by a group of 17 people on four continents, with the young man managing his operation even late at night, which awakens the whole family.

“He works late at night, in fact,” his mother said.

According to CBS News, his technological career began very early: At 7 he had already been planned in planning, at 10 he was led by his classmates in relation to planning, at 12 he won students in hackathons and released his first application, Speed ​​Soccer. At 14, he started and sold a website – Totally Science – for six -digit amount.

However, despite its academic performance (average 4.0 and 34/36 to the acts), the answer to applications from top universities such as Stanford was the same: rejection. He believes that the education system does not know how to evaluate extracurricular business successes. “Universities put candidates in boxes. There is no way to recognize achievements like mine, “he said.

In his post he wrote: “I unintentionally followed another route, that of the typical business founder. Instead of teachers, I had investors and mentors who were leading me on a road that was not mine again. “

His friends say he remains landing. “I still go to the lesson, I raise my hand to go to the toilet. I’m just a regular student. I will go to school dance in a few months, “the 18 -year -old said.

Although the most well -known technological leaders – such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs – abandoned the university, Jadegari insists he wants to live the student experience.