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Women are breaking shackles and redefining success in every space around the world. And Pranjali Awasthi is one of those changemakers. She is proof that young women are not only dreaming big but they are doing it with tenacity talent and a vision for their futures. Born in India and based in the US she began coding at the age of seven landed research lab internships by 13 and launched her own AI startup Delv.AI at just 16. According to her LinkedIn profile Pranjali attended Doral Academy Charter High School from 2019 to September 2021 where she pursued a STEM-focused curriculum and completed her education up to the 10th grade. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Pranjalis journey is an amazing combination of passion and opportunity. She was born in India and at the age of 11 she moved to Florida. Her father a computer engineer encouraged and embraced her growing interest in coding. In a little more than a year her startup was valued at approximately Rs 100 crore (almost $12 million) reported IndiaToday. This showcases her determination talent and vision at such a young age. She immersed herself in computer science and competitive mathematics during her school years resulting in an internship at the Neural Dynamics of Control Lab at Florida International University. It was there that she was introduced to machine learning projects at a young age (before realizing she was working on research that aimed at identifying the different varieties of ADHD based on EEG data) reported IndiaToday. Pranjali created Delv.AI in Miami in January 2022 with the main goal of making research easy for everyone. The AI-driven platform is intended for end-users to extract and summarize information from academic content PDFs and other documents. The platform can search through many files at once connect to cloud drives and users can export their results into a CSV file. They have a free plan and paid plans that include more advanced features and functionality to accommodate the users advanced research needs. As per India Today Delv.AI has garnered popularity and quickly raised approximately $450000 (₹3.89 crore) in financing from investors including Backend Capital and Village Global. As of October 2023 its valued at approximately ₹100 crore. Researchers are praising Delv.AIs platform for reducing a substantial amount of repetitive R&D work by 75% drastically saving time and energy in academic or technical efforts. Previously she worked as Workshop lead at Upsilon Pi Epsilon research intern at Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience Florida International University. She is also the co founder of Dash. Pranjali is already onto her next big thing — Dash. She calls it ChatGPT with hands. Dash differs from previous AI chatbots in its ability to not just chat but to also do things - bringing the element of automation to the conversation. Just last month Dash reached the number one product on Product Hunt which definitely be signified a positive signal from the tech community. Pranjali celebrated this milestone by sharing a LinkedIn post to announce the launch of Dashs official Discord server.