Could he be the next Steve Jobs? At 16, Toby Brown has come up with an invention he hopes will revolutionise computing — and is heading to Silicon Valley to pursue his dream.
GCSE student gets $1m for AI start-up
Bright young thing: Toby will be staying with a family friend in San Francisco — after he has fended off questions from his school friends about whether or not he is a millionaire. Glossary
Apple - A type of fruit — or the world's largest technology company, based in California.
Steve Jobs - An American business and investor known for co-founding Apple. He died in 2011 aged 56.
Silicon Valley - A global centre of technological innovation in Northern California. It is home to many start-up and global technology companies including Apple, Facebook and Google.
Investors - A person who puts money into something in order to one day receive more money and make a profit.
GCSEs - National exams taken by 15 and 16-year-olds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
ChatGPT - An Artificial Intelligence chatbot released in November 2022.
Ubiquitous - Everywhere.