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Zach Yadegari (Cal AI)

Reported on the order of ~$30M annualized revenue (sale price undisclosed)

An AI app built by a teenage founder that logs calories just by taking a photo. It was reported to reach tens of millions of dollars in annualized revenue in a short time.

Scale / reportedReported on the order of ~$30M annualized revenue (sale price undisclosed)
AI & approachImage-recognition AI (estimates calories from a photo)
TypeMobile app
Reported2025

How he earns: "Cal AI" estimates and logs calories and nutrition just from a photo of your meal. Launched while he was still a teenager, it has been reported to reach tens of millions of dollars in annualized revenue.

How he does it: He narrowed image-recognition AI to one familiar, easy-to-stick-with use — calorie logging — and scaled it fast on the App Store. A great example of making an existing task one notch easier with AI.

What you can learn: It's not flashy new tech — just using AI to make a "tedious daily chore" easier creates huge demand. Niche fit and how easy it is to keep using matter more than age or résumé.

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