Cal AI Founder Zach Yadegari Breaks Down The Influencer Playbook Behind His App’s Growth 

Cal AI Founder Zach Yadegari Breaks Down The Influencer Playbook Behind His App’s Growth 

Zach Yadegari, the 19-year-old co-founder of calorie-tracking app Cal AI, discussed how he scaled the app to 15 million downloads and $30 million in annual revenue before MyFitnessPal acquired it in December 2025, a deal announced the following March, speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Yadegari, who left MyFitnessPal earlier this year to launch a…

Cal State students widely embrace AI tools, but mistrust results and fear job impact

Cal State students widely embrace AI tools, but mistrust results and fear job impact

Nearly every student in the California State University system has used artificial intelligence tools, but most don’t trust the results, are worried about how AI will affect their future job security and want more say in systemwide AI policy. That’s according to results of a 2025 survey of more than 80,000 students enrolled at CSU’s…

Nearly Everyone’s Using AI at Cal State. And Nearly Everyone’s Worried About It.

Nearly Everyone’s Using AI at Cal State. And Nearly Everyone’s Worried About It.

Nearly everyone in the nation’s largest public university system is already using generative artificial intelligence. And almost no one fully trusts it. That tension emerges from a sweeping new survey of more than 94,000 students, faculty, and staff across 22 California State University campuses, which finds AI deeply embedded in learning, teaching, and work —…