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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I hired a private chef for my 9-person AI startup — it was cheaper than our $13,500+ a month food delivery habit

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Series CEO Nathaneo Johnson, their private chef Hayley, and other team members.

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How I taught myself to code, quit my consulting job, and started an AI robotics firm by age 25

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Oscar Brisset used to work at BCG.

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We're former Google coworkers who raised $4.5M for an AI startup. We didn't build a big team — we built fast instead.

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Joe Cheuk and Praneet Dutta cofounded Pomo.

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The AI boom won't last, a top VC warns, as he urges startups to cash out

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Venture capitalist Elad Gil
Venture capitalist Elad Gil

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I built an AI app with a tiny team. We scaled it to millions and sold it to MyFitnessPal in under 2 years — here's how.

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Jake Castillo cofounded Cal AI in 2024.

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Meta has snapped up a fifth founding member from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab

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Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati.
Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati.

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Buzzy vibe-coding startup Emergent is launching an AI agent to take on OpenClaw and NanoBot

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Emergent is launching a new AI agent that can help with everyday tasks.

Emergent

Here is what 3 AI startup CEOs say they're looking for when deciding to hire a candidate

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Checkr, Together AI, Glean AI
For some AI startups, a résumé is coming in second to adaptability and willingness to use AI.

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At this AI startup, the engineers became the bosses, and agents do the coding

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Tatyana Mamut, CEO of Wayfound.ai
Tatyana Mamut, CEO of Wayfound.ai.

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