These 22-Year-Olds Are Now The World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaires

ByRichard Nieva,

Forbes Staff.

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ercor, a recruiting startup that helps Silicon Valley’s biggest AI labs to train their models, has just minted the world’s youngest self-made billionaires: the company’s three 22-year-old founders, a trio of Bay Area high school friends who competed together on their debate team.

Earlier this week, the San Francisco startup announced a $350 million funding round led by Felicis Ventures, with participation from other bigwigs Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood, valuing the company at $10 billion. The new infusion of cash makes CEO Brendan Foody, CTO Adarsh Hiremath and board chairman Surya Midha the newest billionaires of the AI boom, each with a roughly 22% stake in the company, Forbes estimates.