AI Parenting Institute Podcast
18-Year-Old Moves to San Francisco Alone & Builds AI Startup (While Still in High School)
17 Nov 2025
What happens when an 18-year-old high schooler decides she's done waiting? She flies to California alone, builds an AI-powered startup incubator, and proves that age is just a number in entrepreneurship. In this episode of the AI Parenting Institute, I sit down with Isabelle, a founder who's been building since age 13. From creating NFTs at 14 and analyzing tech stocks at 15, to launching Foundity at 17 and now living in a San Francisco hacker house, Isabelle is rewriting the rules of what teens can accomplish. In this episode, we cover: 1. How she balanced school while running multiple projects 2. Why she flew to UC Berkeley alone for LaunchX at 17 3. What Foundity is and how it's helping young founders 4. Her advice for teens who are scared to start 5. The truth about time management as a teen entrepreneur Subscribe to API's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_YveALQKZud6U6wycjqi_w Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://substack.com/@aiparentinginstitute Find Rayyan on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayyan-s-ali/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rayyanali_api/ Find Isabelle on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelle-dijkhorst/ Foundity (LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundity/ Foundity (website): https://www.foundity.com/ #TeenEntrepreneur #YoungFounder #StartupStory #AIStartup #Foundity #LaunchX #SiliconValley #StudentFounder #Entrepreneurship #AIParentingInstitute
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