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15-Year-Old Shandong Middle Schooler Serves as CTO, Open Source Project Just Acquired for Millions of Yuan
This is the opening line on the personal homepage of a 15-year-old CTO. His open source project ChatNio was recently acquired for millions. From zero to seven-figure earnings, it took him less than two years, during which he also went through the high school entrance exam and is currently a freshman in high school.
ChatNio is a one-stop platform integrating multiple popular models and services, including access to many well-known model services such as OpenAI, Midjourney, and Claude.
Project Repository: ChatNio GitHub
Try it Online: ChatNio Official Website
ChatNio's Key Features
ChatNio not only supports standard chatbot functionality but also provides various specialized AI assistant services similar to GPTs. You can use the following features on the platform:
- Distributed Streaming
- Image Generation
- Cross-Device Conversation Sync
- Token Flexible Billing
- Key Relay, Multi-Model Aggregation
- Web Search, AI Cards
- AI Project Generation, Batch Article Generation
ChatNio's slogan is "Chat Nio > Next Web + One API". As user demand grows, ChatNio plans to launch more features such as RAG, digital humans, Payment, TTS & STT, etc.
ChatNio's Path to Success
After launching, ChatNio accumulated over 100,000 monthly active users through its free and cost-effective paid plans, achieving approximately 50,000 yuan in net profit per month. The ChatNio repository on GitHub has received 3.2k stars.
15 Years Old, Already 7 Years of Project Experience
CTO zmh, despite his young age, has 7 years of development experience with skills spanning full-stack development, cybersecurity, machine learning, and more.
His projects include AI start page Fystart, query tool Whois, translator Lyrify, and others, with some projects reaching over 500,000 monthly API calls.
Project Links:
- Fystart: GitHub
- Whois Query Tool: GitHub
- Lyrify Translator: GitHub
From School Computer Lab to Million-Dollar Project
zmh shared his entrepreneurial journey: as a student, he self-funded open source through project revenue to cover server and API costs. ChatNio was conceived from the need for affordable AI tools. He transitioned ChatNio from a public welfare model to non-profit operations, eventually creating a commercial licensed version that met users' actual needs.
Reference Links:
- zmh's Personal Website
- Machine Heart Related Article
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