Alby Churven
Became one of the youngest founders to reach a national business profile as the 14-year-old founder of Clovr after his Y Combinator application video went viral on X (AOL / Business Insider syndicated, Dec 28, 2025).
What they built
Founded Clovr Labs at age 13–14 and built Clovr — an AI-powered front-end design agent that generates polished, production-ready UI code, helping developers and non-designers build professional interfaces without deep design skills. Alby began experimenting with startups at age 12 (e-commerce brand Alpha Grips) and self-taught coding from age six; Clovr emerged from his observation that the 'design gap' — strong logic engineers who cannot build beautiful UIs — is one of the most common bottlenecks in product development. He also built Median, a feedback engine for modern product teams, and an earlier gamified entrepreneurship-learning platform (Finkle); his YC W26 application video for Finkle went viral with over 8 million views, earning him profiles in Business Insider, the Wall Street Journal, and multiple international outlets while still in Year 9.
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Verified track record
- Business Insider — 'I'm a 14-year-old founder whose YC application went viral. There are pros and cons to starting a company young.' (Dec 2025) (source)
- Wall Street Journal — 'These Teenagers Are Already Running Their Own AI Companies' (features Alby Churven, 14, as a named subject) (source)
- Financial Express — ''I have time on my hands': Meet the 14-year-old founder building startups, applying to YC and bootstrapping everything' (source)
- 36Kr English — '14-Year-Old CEO Reveals Truth: Silicon Valley Praises 'Child Prodigy' but Won't Invest a Dime' (source)