We're cofounders who left Amazon to build our own startup. We learned the hard way why Big Tech habits don't always translate.

Tech Insider : Business
Two people stand beside a large screen displaying the Agefully app, which promotes an AI-powered day companion for older adults and their families.
Andy Ratsirason and Shalini Aggarwal left Amazon at seperate times but reunited to run their AI startup, Tenafli.

Courtesy of Andy Ratsirason and Shalini Aggarwal

Universities risk becoming passive arms of Silicon Valley if they don't question how AI shapes truth, a professor says

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Engineering students at the International Technology Olympics, Pardis Technology Park, in Tehran, on October 28, 2025.
A professor says AI didn't cause the crisis in education — it exposed it.

ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

It used to be for shopping and lipstick. Now, a Chinese app is a haven for tech workers to swap AI intel.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Brandon Chen standing in a Berkeley workspace holding a copy of
Brandon Chen stands in a Berkeley workspace holding a copy of "The Startup Owner's Manual."

Brandon Chen

Meet the branding agency behind the buzzy TBPN podcast

Tech Insider : Business, Crypto, Sports
Day Job cofounders Spen Madsen and Rion Harmon.
Day Job cofounders Spen Madsen and Rion Harmon.

Yoshihiro Makino

An AI startup's viral LinkedIn story and the 'fake it till you make it' approach

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
Photo collage of a man, someone tying, and a Linkedin logo
Two AI startup founders who started Fireflies.ai said that they initially pretended to be AI to validate their product idea.

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

Inside the Silicon Valley etiquette class teaching founders charisma, couture, and caviar confidence

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
An example of what a founder should wear for a presentation
Young tech founders look on as a model from Wilkes Bashford takes to the catwalk, demonstrating an outfit suitable for a presentation.

Slow Ventures

Meta's product managers are vibe coding prototype apps and showing them to Mark Zuckerberg

Tech Insider : Technology, Business, Style
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Nic Coury/AP

4 AI-powered consulting startups to watch into 2026

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Composite headshot of Bianca Anghelina and Tanmai Gopal
Aily Labs CEO Bianca Anghelina and Tanmai Gopal, CEO of PromptQL.

Ruder Finn; Bonfire Partners

Kong CEO describes his early startup grind days, from living on $1,000 a month to sleeping on Travis Kalanick's couch

Tech Insider : Business
A composite image of Augusto Marietti and Travis Kalanick
A composite image of Augusto Marietti and Travis Kalanick

Courtesy of Kong; Paul Sakluma/AP

I demoed a buzzy AI startup and got a glimpse of what investment bankers' jobs might start to look like

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
A black laptop on a desk with a dark city skyline behind it.
Hebbia's demo gave me insight into how investment banking could change in the coming years.

Hebbia

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