I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

Free course: Build a profitable AI side hustle in 7 days Episode 802: Sam Parr ( ) and Shaan Puri ( ) talk to 19-year-old Zach Yadegari ( ) about selling his $50M/yr app to MyFitnessPal. — Show Notes: (0:00) How much? (1:57) getting rejected from Stanford (5:45) 60-second origin story (7:27) "your biggest skill is your audacity" (12:50) the truth about selling a company (23:24) dos and don'ts (27:04) Zach's douchebag arc (29:44) first dumb purchase (33:08) decisions that made the app worth $100M (43:51) Idea 1: Semantic search on IG (45:10) Idea: apps (48:00) filter for good ideas (54:27) Dinner w/ Steve Cohen (1:03:39) Where Zach is putting his money (1:05:58) What Zach sucks at — Links: • Cal AI - • MyFitnessPal - — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - • Visit to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - • Ideation Bootcamp - • Copy That - • Hampton Wealth Survey - • Sam’s List - My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

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This episode was published on Mar 5, 2026.

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