Samaira Mehta — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the Davidson Fellowship, the nation's most prestigious undergraduate award.
Founder and CEO of CoderBunnyz, a company producing board games to teach coding to children.
Founded CoderBunnyz, CoderMindz, and CoderMarz, board games used in over 1,900 schools and 620 libraries.
Developed OVision, an AI-powered diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer, published in Nature.
Signed author with MIT Press, writing two graphic novels on ethical AI and youth empowerment.
Founder of Boss Bizz, an academy helping students launch startups backed by Walmart, eBay, and Arm.
Through her nonprofit, Yes, One Billion Kids Can Code, she has taught 60,000+ students worldwide.

Biography

Samaira Mehta is an American coder, inventor, and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of CoderBunnyz, a company that produces a board game of the same name designed to teach children how to code. She also created CoderMindz and CoderMarz, which are board games used in over 1,900 schools and 620 libraries to teach coding and AI to kids as young as six. Through her nonprofit, Yes, One Billion Kids Can Code, she has taught over 60,000 students globally, particularly in underserved communities.