Founder18
Dikshant Pandey
17 Y/O•Kathmandu, Nepal•Tech

Dikshant Pandey

At 17, built and launched GuffGPT, widely described in Nepali media as Nepal’s first Nepali-language AI chatbot, and secured $150,000 in Microsoft Azure cloud support to scale it (Feb 2026) [estimated superlative — flag for verification].

What they built

Built GuffGPT at age 15–16 — Nepal's first AI chatbot designed specifically for Nepali speakers, supporting pure Nepali (Devanagari), Romanized Nepali, and English in a single interface. The platform addresses the exclusion of Nepal's 30M+ Nepali speakers from mainstream AI tools by providing a culturally and linguistically native conversational assistant with real-time web search, image understanding, and voice chat. Won the Livelihood & Sustainability Award at Codeavour 5.0 International (Dubai, May 2024) at age 16, and received $150,000 in Microsoft Azure cloud support in February 2026.

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Verified track record

  • The Nepali Fever (Facebook) — '17 year old Dikshant Pandey, creator of the AI platform GuffGPT, has received $150,000 in cloud support from Microsoft to expand his platform globally' (Feb 2026) (source)
  • Routine of Nepal Banda (Facebook) — '16 Yr Old Dikshant Pandey from Chitwan wins award at Codeavour 5.0 International in Dubai, UAE for his project GuffGPT which he created for Nepali students' (May 2024) (source)
  • Dikshant Pandey personal site listing awards, projects, and contact (source)
  • GuffGPT product live at (source)
Updated April 27, 2026