One person connected to Coristine, who spoke to The News on the condition of anonymity, befriended him in 2021. They said Coristine completed the fall 2024 semester at Northeastern but did not return for the spring 2025 semester. The source said they have “no clue” where Coristine is now and have not seen him for weeks.
Edward Coristine’s friend described him as being politically “independent,” saying that he doesn’t discuss politics. The source said Coristine has demonstrated interest in computer science and entrepreneurship since high school but did not see a compelling reason to attend college.
The source said they believe Coristine “didn’t think that he’d ever be able to learn any computer science from university because he’s already learned so much.”
They added that Musk is an “idol” to Coristine.
“He just thinks Elon [Musk] is a genius entrepreneur and admired his work and wanted to follow his tracks somewhat in the entrepreneurial space,” the source said.
“He’s a super nice guy. He’s a super humble guy,” said another source close to Edward Coristine, who spoke to The News on the condition of anonymity. “And he’s a really hard-working guy who just loves to accomplish great things. … That’s just who he is.”
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