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NoNerds: Mohammad Alsufi
Founding MENA · 1:23
Mohammad Alsufi built an AI tutor that learns from the real lecture, not the open internet. He sold NoNerds at 19 after it attracted over 12,000 students; its AI technology is being integrated into JoAcademy, whose platform serves more than 2.1 million students.
With Mohammad Alsufi
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