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

Mira Murati's AI dream team got their stock options. Now many are out.

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Mira Murati and Mark Zuckerberg.
Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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

Emergent

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