I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

2026-03-05 · 70 min · 28 entities

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→ references Zach Yadegari person

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://x.com/zach_yadegari
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→ references joinhampton.com website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://joinhampton.com/
→ references ideationbootcamp.co website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
→ references copythat.com website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://copythat.com/
→ references shaanpuri.com website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://shaanpuri.com/
→ references Wealth website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
→ references samslist.co website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": http://samslist.co/
→ references calai.app website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://calai.app/
→ references myfitnesspal.com website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://myfitnesspal.com/

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mentioned joinhampton.com website

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evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://joinhampton.com/
mentioned ideationbootcamp.co website

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evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
mentioned copythat.com website

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evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://copythat.com/
mentioned shaanpuri.com website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://shaanpuri.com/
mentioned Wealth website

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evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
mentioned samslist.co website

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evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": http://samslist.co/
mentioned calai.app website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://calai.app/
mentioned myfitnesspal.com website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://myfitnesspal.com/
references joinhampton.com website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://joinhampton.com/
references ideationbootcamp.co website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
references copythat.com website

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evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://copythat.com/
references shaanpuri.com website

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evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://shaanpuri.com/
references Wealth website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
references samslist.co website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": http://samslist.co/
references calai.app website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://calai.app/
references myfitnesspal.com website

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://myfitnesspal.com/

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mentioned Business concept

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mentioned Investing concept

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mentioned Entrepreneurship concept

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discusses Business concept

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Feed category: Business
discusses Investing concept

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Feed category: Investing
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mentioned HubSpot company

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mentioned Hubspot Media company

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hosted by HubSpot company

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mentioned Zach Yadegari person

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://x.com/zach_yadegari
references Zach Yadegari person

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Link in episode "I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)": https://x.com/zach_yadegari

Episode description as stored

Free course: Build a profitable AI side hustle in 7 days https://clickhubspot.com/dki Episode 802: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 19-year-old Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari ) about selling his $50M/yr app to MyFitnessPal. — Show Notes: (0:00) How much? (1:57) getting rejected from Stanford (5:45) 60-second origin story (7:27) "your biggest skill is your audacity" (12:50) the truth about selling a company (23:24) dos and don'ts (27:04) Zach's douchebag arc (29:44) first dumb purchase (33:08) decisions that made the app worth $100M (43:51) Idea 1: Semantic search on IG (45:10) Idea: apps (48:00) filter for good ideas (54:27) Dinner w/ Steve Cohen (1:03:39) Where Zach is putting his money (1:05:58) What Zach sucks at — Links: • Cal AI - https://www.calai.app/ • MyFitnessPal - https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /