19-year-old Cal AI founder raises $10M for personal AI agent startup

Zach Yadegari, who co-founded Cal AI, a popular calorie-tracking app, has launched a new startup building a personal AI agent. The company has raised $10 million in funding as it enters a growing market where competitors like Instinct, Muse and Bee are also vying for users.

Yadegari, 19, is among the younger wave of founders building AI-first consumer products. The personal AI agent category has attracted significant investor interest as large language models make building conversational AI assistants more feasible for small teams.