18-year-old from Long Island creates Cal AI calorie counting app worth millions

18-year-old from Long Island creates Cal AI calorie counting app worth millions

By Jennifer McLogan Click here for updates on this story     LONG ISLAND, New York (WCBS) — An 18-year-old high school senior on Long Island is the founder and CEO of Cal AI, an artificial intelligence-based calorie counting app that’s now worth millions. Zachary Yadegari said all he needed to get his app started was a computer and coding skills. “Cal AI is an app where you track the calories you are eating just by taking a picture of your food,…

Teen Who Created $30 Million App Says Ivy League Schools Didn't Want Him

Zach Yadegari is an 18-year-old high school senior from Long Island, NY who founded a calorie-counting app that's worth tens of millions of dollars -- but that wasn't enough to gain admission to Ivy League schools ... and now he's going all LeBron James by taking his talents to South Beach.