Two NA Alums Make the Forbes 30 under 30 List
Newark Academy alumni Danny Cole ’18 and Molly Cantillon ’21 were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 North America 2025 list. Danny earned the honor in the Art & Style category for creating Creature World, while Molly, one of the youngest honorees, was recognized on the Artificial Intelligence list for founding Nox.
ART & STYLE
Danny Cole, Creature World
Danny Cole is the visual artist behind Creature World, a multi-hyphenate art project launched in 2018 that brings an animated universe to life. Creature World’s linchpin mascot (a humanoid figure called The Creature) has shown up at New York Fashion Week, Art Basel and the main stage of Coachella. Cole’s colorful creations have inspired a cult following and his digital artwork has sold to more than 100,000 collectors.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Molly Cantillon, NOX
Molly Cantillon, who studied computer science and math at Stanford, created Nox, an AI-powered mobile personal assistant that books reservations, sorts through emails and responds to messages. The service is currently in public waitlist and has been backed with $1.5 million by OpenAI. Previously, Cantillon worked at AI startups LangChain and Replicate.
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