I run an AI-powered startup, and we canceled our ChatGPT business plan months ago. Claude feels more like the promise of AI.

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Sidhant Bendre canceled his ChatGPT business plan for Claude.

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I moved to Seattle to help me land a job at Amazon. Now I live a 7-minute walk from the office — and it's given me a career edge.

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Sarthak Gupta
Sarthak Gupta

Sarthak Gupta

I moved back in with my parents at 30 and am still here 10 years later. I used to feel embarrassed but now I see it as a privilege.

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Diana Choi.

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I bombed my first interview at Google so badly that it took 3 years to get another one. Here's what I learned.

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Andrew Yeung standing in front of an office wall with a colorful, lit-up Google sign on it.
Andrew Yeung at Google's NYC office.

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I tripled my salary and became a senior director at Uber in 6 years. Here's the 3-step strategy I used to break out of middle management.

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Madan Thangavelu.

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2 neurodivergent founders share how AI supports executive function and growth

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Rita Ramakrishnan; Chris Haddox
Rita Ramakrishnan, founder of Iksana Consulting, and Chris Haddox, founder of DECOY LTD, use AI to manage some of the challenges of business management.

Janice Chung; Matt Williams for BI

I battled depression while working in Big Tech. Opening up about my mental illness to colleagues made me realize I wasn't alone.

Tech Insider : Business
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Carly Schwartz, left, shown with a former colleague.

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I'm a financial planner and dad. A Trump Account isn't the right choice for me but it could be for you — here's why.

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Eric Roberge and his daughter.

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I'm the CEO of Klaviyo. I run on a 'creator-type' schedule and love Diet Coke and country music.

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Andrew Bialecki.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Bialecki, the 40-year-old CEO of Klaviyo, based in Boston. It's been edited for length and clarity.

I moved back to India after 5 years in the US. I was startled and disoriented by reverse culture shock — here's how I moved forward.

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Left: Vaishali Gauba on a CBS news set; Right: Vaishali Gauba holding a reporter's Microsoft and wearing Indian-style clothes.
Gauba had to leave the US after 5 years because she couldn't get an H-1B visa.

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