[nanoman]

Well, it seems he has gathered capital from a number of investors, which may want to be paid back:

"Angel Investors and Advisors include; Ashton Kutcher, Betaworks, Brian Chesky, Hosain Rahman, Jessica Powell, Joanna Shields, Josh Kushner, Mark Pincus, Matt Mullenweg, Seb Bishop, Shakil Khan, Spencer Hyman, Stephen Fry, Troy Carter, Vivi Nevo, Yoko Ono and many more. We are also working closely with News Corporation on the summarization of their content."

Source: http://summly.com/about.html

But sure enough the kid is rich now.

[throwaway129921]

> But sure enough the kid is rich now.

Fair play to him for doing this himself, but he wasn't exactly poor to begin with. A bit of googling shows the jobs his parents hold and an address on Parkside SW19 (which is one of the most expensive roads outside central London).