A 22-Year-Old Bet $80,000 on Industrial AI. Now He's Dropping Out.
Anderson Chen, 22, put $80,000 of savings into industrial AI startup Operon, closed a $700,000 pre-seed round with Y Combinator in three days, and is dropping out of college.
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Startup Founders
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Startup Founders
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