I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)
At just 19 years old, Zach built Cal AI, a calorie-tracking app that leveraged AI to log meals via photos, scaled it to $30 million in annual revenue, and sold it to MyFitnessPal—despite being rejected by every Ivy League school. His journey highlights the power of audacity, self-belief,
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