Founder18
Nikhil Garg
17 Y/O•Gurugram, Haryana, India•Tech

Nikhil Garg

Built and sold Zodiac Labs AI to Nitro Commerce at age 17 — acquisition announced publicly by Nikhil Garg on LinkedIn and described as a “17-year-old” founder exit in public coverage (Mar 2026).

What they built

Founded Bytecube Techsolutions at age 14 — a software and AI solutions company building custom software, AI agents, and automation workflows for small and medium businesses. Motivated by a vision of "unleashing simplicity from complexity," Nikhil grew the company to a 9-person team earning ₹30 lakhs (~$36K) annually within its first year, despite having to register the company in his parents' names because he was under 18. He was awarded a $25,000 Emergent Ventures grant (George Mason University/Mercatus Center) in 2023, making him one of the youngest grantees ever. He subsequently co-founded Zodiac AI (an AdTech agentic platform), which was acquired by Nitro Commerce for ₹20 crore (~$2.4M USD) when he was 17.

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The F18 Thesis

Verified track record

  • Clever Harvey / JuniorMBA YouTube interview (Aug 27, 2023) — confirms age 15, Bytecube founding, Emergent Ventures $25,000 grant (source)
  • Clever Harvey Instagram — Emergent Ventures Grant Winners feature, "Nikhil Garg – Founder of Bytecube, earning ₹25 lakhs annually at 16; EV Grant recipient" (source)
  • Instagram reel (Mar 2026) — "17-year-old built Zodiac.AI and sold it to Nitro Commerce in a 20 Crore acquisition" (source)
  • LinkedIn — Zodiac Labs AI acquisition announcement by Nikhil Garg (source)
  • ByteCube contact page (email publicly listed) (source)
Updated April 27, 2026