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Ritam Rana Is Betting the Company on One Impolite Question: Who Still Reads the Manual?
At Knowlify, four University of Florida friends are turning dense documents into animated explainers. CEO Ritam Rana’s route runs from autonomous boats and student coding projects to Y Combinator, a $3 million round, and a stubborn wager on video as the default language of work.
Johnny Harris
Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning American journalist, filmmaker, and YouTuber with over 7.5 million subscribers, known for visually-driven explainer videos on geopolitics, history, and international affairs. A former Vox senior producer and creator of the acclaimed 'Borders' documentary series, Harris left legacy media in 2020 to build an independent journalism operation that now employs 30+ people. In February 2026, he and his wife Iz co-launched Newpress, an algorithm-free creator journalism platform designed to give audiences a direct role in the journalism process.