My startup accidentally spent $30,000 on AI tokens in a month. It was worth it to move fast — but we found a simple fix.

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In April, cofounder Sarthak Dhawan's token use jumped from $20,000 to $30,000.

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I joined the CIA in my 20s, Google in my 30s, and became an entrepreneur in my 40s. My mantra? 'Sure, I'll try it.'

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Candice Bryant says her career has been shaped by a willingness to say, "Sure, I'll try it."

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When I lost access to Fable, I had a backup plan. Now that it's back, I'm even more certain that my fail-safe strategy works.

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We're childhood friends who scaled our startup to $13M by age 21. Dropping out of college was the right move — if anything, we did it too late.

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Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan dropped out of college to go full-time on their AI startup.

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I was using Anthropic's Fable when it disappeared mid-project. It taught me a lesson about AI and business.

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Business owner Sean McDonnell said he tries to remain prepared for unforeseen circumstances with using AI.

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My company replicated my exact role with an AI agent. I'm confident it won't replace me — here's why.

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Kristi Edleson is the chief of staff at Yutori

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We built an app as a side hustle and sold it for $4 million without quitting our tech jobs. Here's how AI helped us juggle it all.

Tech Insider : Business
Trimbox cofounders Jordan Gaston and David Emelianov.
Trimbox cofounders Jordan Gaston and David Emelianov.

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I was laid off from eBay. Now I run a business with 27 AI agents — these are the human parts I still handle myself.

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Linara Bozieva created a 27 AI agent workflow to run her company.

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I wanted an adventure after college, so I traveled abroad. Now I feel pressure to match my family's success.

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Georgia Witchel
After leaving high school early and later interning at Tesla, Georgia Witchel founded her own startup.

Georgia Witchel

I was laid off from my banking job at 55 and left corporate America to build my own AI consultancy. Here's what I learned in the process.

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