# Sold a Company at 16, Raised $3M at 19 | Dhravya Shah, Supermemory

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Podcast: [Solo Founders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/solo-founders-7728246)
Published: 2026-06-11T00:55:50+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/9f0b4028
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## Resource

Dhravya Shah sold his first company at 16 and raised $3M at 19 as the solo founder of Supermemory, the open-source memory and context layer for AI agents (now past 26k GitHub stars and 1M+ SDK downloads). The twist: he never chased any of it as a business. He built in public, for free, said no to VCs for nine months, and only raised once the company's vision was undeniable. A conversation about why the fundraise is a result, not the goal. Topics covered: Why the raise is a result, not the goal — and saying no to VCs for nine months Building your "art" in public until it becomes a company Escaping the inventor's dilemma: killing your own viral hits Why he's a solo founder, after a co-founder breakup killed an earlier company The honest version of AI memory: benchmark-gaming, Goodhart's Law, and evals that matter Hiring "true builders" out of open source as a solo founder Guest: Dhravya Shah — founder and CEO of Supermemory, the memory layer for AI agents (1M+ SDK downloads); sold his first company at 16, raised $3M at 19; ASU dropout and ex-Cloudflare.

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