I'm a high school dropout who raised $6 million out of Y Combinator. Being a teen founder means you can take more risks.

I'm a high school dropout who raised $6 million out of Y Combinator. Being a teen founder means you can take more risks.

TKMariya HarleyArlan Rakhmetzhanov dropped out of high school in Kazakhstan to attend Y Combinator.He just raised $6.2 million for his AI coding agents startup, Nozomio.The 18-year-old says he sees distinct advantages to being a young founder.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 18-year-old Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, the founder of AI coding agents startup Nozomio, who just completed Y Combinator and raised $6.2 million in funding. Th…