Meet the 21-year-old tech whiz who's coded for Instagram and Snapchat

By Nosmot Gbadamosi, CNN

Updated 1705 GMT (0105 HKT) December 21, 2018

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Photos: Meet the 21-year-old who's coded for Instagram, Snapchat

Iddris Sandu learnt to code while on work experience at Google when he was just 13-years-old.

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Photos: Meet the 21-year-old who's coded for Instagram, Snapchat

He recently collaborated with Jaden Smith. The pair are working on creating digital interaction experiences around ComplexCon in Chicago in 2019.

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"With Jaden we are getting more young people to vote and creating experiences around that," Sandu told CNN.

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In 2017, he met rapper Nipsey Hussle at a local Starbucks. He turned this chance meeting into a collaboration on a 'smart' store.

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Three weeks after opening, "everyone from Diddy to Jay-Z , Swizz Beatz.. everyone came out and it was amazing," Sandu told CNN.

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Exclusive music and other digital content is offered via an app to customers.

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(CNN)Iddris Sandu has done a lot in his 21 years.

Besides creating algorithms for Instagram and Snapchat and consulting for Twitter, he's now working with Kanye West and Jaden Smith to create augmented-reality experiences around music and politics for the tech festival ComplexCon next year in Chicago.

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