
Neal Chopra
I'm Building
Secant — Your AI teaching assistant.
Bio
Neal Chopra is a young technical builder from San Francisco, California, who has received a grant from the 1517 Fund to develop Secant — Your AI teaching assistant. Previously, he founded Codin, which was acquired, and Codology, where he played a key role in shaping the company's mission. Neal is currently studying computer science at Dartmouth, balancing his academic pursuits with his entrepreneurial ventures.
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