If you think that age is just a number, especially in the world of technology, then the story of Pranjali Awasthi will prove this to you. She is a coder (programmer) born in India and now living in America, who has done wonders at a very young age.
Big achievement at a young age
Pranjali began exploring the world of coding when she was only seven years old. Imagine, when we kids are busy playing sports, Pranjali was writing code! By the age of 13, she had also done internships in big research labs. And the amazing thing is that when she was just 16 years old, she started her own AI (Artificial Intelligence) company, named – Delv.AI.
Delv.AI: The journey to make research easier
In January 2022, Pranjali founded Delv.AI in Miami. Her simple target was that research should not be difficult for anyone. Delv.AI is actually an AI-based tool that helps researchers extract and summarize information from educational material, PDFs and many other places. Its specialty is that it can search in multiple documents simultaneously, connects to your cloud drive and can also save information in CSV format.
Delv.AI grabbed people’s attention at an amazing speed. It raised around $450,000 (roughly Rs. 3.89 crores) from investors like Backend Capital and Village Global. By October 2023, its valuation touched almost Rs. 100 crores! Researchers loved it because it did hours of their work in minutes, saving up to 75% of repetitive R&D work.
Journey from India to America
Pranjali was born in India. When she was 11 years old, her family moved to Florida, USA. There her father, who is himself a computer engineer, further encouraged her love for coding. In school, she took a keen interest in computer science and competitive maths and soon started doing an internship at the Neural Dynamics of Control Lab at Florida International University. There she worked on machine learning projects from a young age and also helped differentiate types of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) using EEG data.
Now giving a new look to AI with Dash
Now Pranjali is 18 and studying computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US. But she’s not going to stop here. She’s already started working on her next big thing: Dash . She calls it “ChatGPT with hands.”
In San Francisco, Pranjali is working full-time on Dash with her co-founders Dhruv Rungta and Harsha, both young developers she met at Georgia Tech. Dhruv has previously built an edtech startup, while Harsha built a dating app.
Unlike Delv.AI, Dash is an open-access AI assistant that not only chats but can actually take action – not just conversations, but automation! Recently, Dash (usedash.ai) received a tremendous response on Product Hunt and reached number one. On this occasion, Pranjali announced the launch of her official Discord server through LinkedIn and expressed her happiness over this new beginning.
Dash selected in Y Combinator
Pranjali shared in her LinkedIn post that Dash (YC S25) has been included in the world’s top startup accelerator Y Combinator. This is considered a very big achievement for any startup. The aim of Dash’s team is to create such an intelligent AI that can truly understand the user’s work style and make the work easier accordingly.
We built Dash.
— Pranjali Awasthi (@raidingAI) June 25, 2025
The last AI you’ll ever need.
Because Dash doesn’t just chat, it actually does the work. pic.twitter.com/fMIcu31WbU
Whether it’s automatically sorting your email, scheduling meetings, or creating reports, Dash is making work easier – eliminating all the menial tasks that “knowledge workers” struggle with.
Why wait to make an impact?
Pranjali’s journey didn’t just start with Delv.AI. She has interned at the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience and run workshops at hackathons. She also completed the Creative Destruction Lab’s apprentice program, where she gained in-depth knowledge about AI, agriculture, and more.
Her story is proof that you don’t have to wait to make an impact. As she says herself, Delv.AI was created to “get you relevant information instantly without going behind the paywall” – and now, with Dash, she aims to make AI even more useful. Young talents like Pranjali Avasthi are showing that with passion and the right opportunity, anyone can achieve great success, regardless of age!
