It's a terrible time to quit your job. These 7 Big Tech workers share why they did it anyway.

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Kruthika Jayatheertha (left), David Chong (center), and Joslyn Orgill (right)
Kruthika Jayatheertha (left), David Chong (center), and Joslyn Orgill (right) quit their Big Tech roles without another job lined up.

Kruthika Jayatheertha (left), David Chong (center), and Joslyn Orgill (right)

Sales startup Letter AI snags $40 million Series B four months after its last raise. Read its pitch deck.

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Headshot of Letter AI cofounder and CEO Ali Akhtar, wearing a black collar shirt, glasses, and a blue background.
Letter AI cofounder and CEO Ali Akhtar

Letter AI

From strangers to lovers: How this startup is simulating the 'meet-cute' with AI

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222 cofounders Keyan Kazemian, Arman Roshannai, and Danial Hashemi.

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I did Y Combinator in 2016 and 2025. The first time felt more 'family-style.'

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Vybe founder Quang Hoang is pictured.
Quang Hoang did Y Combinator twice, with almost a decade between his experiences.

Quang Hoang

14 'Second Wave' startups aiming to take the AI era beyond cost cutting

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Kylan Gibbs, CEO and cofounder of Inworld
Kylan Gibbs, CEO and cofounder of Inworld

Inworld

I've been selling on Amazon for a year. After storage fees bled me dry, I'm pivoting my e-comm strategy away from it.

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After writing about Amazon sellers for years, the author decided to try e-commerce for herself.

Kathleen Elkins

Perplexity says it's moving away from ads and betting on subscriptions

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Aravind Srinivas on a red carpet at an awards event.
Perplexity CEO and cofounder Aravind Srinivas.

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I got laid off and used my severance money to launch a startup. Here's why it felt like less of a gamble than pursuing an MBA.

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Sam Perry, 40, was laid off in 2022.

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AI's first wave was about cutting costs. The second wave is about building things we've never seen.

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People watch a surfer riding a wave in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal.

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OpenClaw's creator is heading to OpenAI. He says it could've been a 'huge company,' but building one didn't excite him.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger is joining the company.

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