Navya Tuteja launches free AI platform Raaha for neurodivergent job seekers
Navya Tuteja, a 17‑year‑old senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, launched Raaha, a free web platform that lets neurodivergent job seekers assess job listings before applying. The service, built on an algorithm she wrote herself, presents a quiz that compares postings against factors such as day‑to‑day work feel, helping candidates gauge fit.
Key points
- Navya Tuteja, 17, founded Raaha, a free platform that helps neurodivergent applicants evaluate job listings.
- Raaha has attracted over 10,000 users within two months of launch.
- Tuteja wrote the algorithm herself and uses AI for site design and email drafting, not for schoolwork.
Within two months Raaha reached over 10,000 users. Tuteja uses AI for mechanical tasks like cleaning website design and drafting emails, but she avoids AI for school assignments. Her mother Deepti, who oversees data management at TD Bank and sits on a Harvard‑affiliated VC board, and father Deepak, who works in cybersecurity at Sentara Health, support her efforts. Tuteja also created an AI agent to reply to her mother's texts and is developing a tool called Legible for simplifying special‑education documents, as well as a proposed transparency standard called Traceable Accessibility.
Meet Navya Tuteja, 17-year-old Indian-origin student who built AI startup after her school banned ChatGPT
cnbctv18.com · 29 September 2026
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- Who is Navya Tuteja? 17-year-old builds AI startup after school bans ChatGPTPress · hindustantimes.com ·
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