What started as a playful side project on Twitter has turned into a startup success story for Dhravya Shah, a 20-year-old innovator from India who built a simple bot that could screenshot tweets automatically — and changed his life in the process.
At just 19, while his peers were buried in textbooks, Shah was tinkering with code. His creation, initially made “just for fun,” caught the internet’s attention for its seamless functionality and viral potential. As demand soared, Shah decided to sell the tool, using the proceeds to buy a one-way ticket from India to the United States.
Since then, Shah’s entrepreneurial spark has only grown brighter. His latest venture has raised $2.6 million in funding, backed by executives from Google and OpenAI — a remarkable leap from a college student’s coding experiment to a globally recognized founder.
“I didn’t start with a plan — I just built something people found useful,” Shah said in an interview. “That moment taught me that even the smallest ideas can scale when they solve a real problem.”
Now based in the U.S., Shah represents a new generation of self-taught tech entrepreneurs redefining global innovation from their laptops. His journey from a bedroom in India to boardrooms in Silicon Valley is inspiring proof that creativity and curiosity can be the most powerful startup capital of all.
