I run an 8-person startup that uses AI agents. We don't let our agents run on vibes — here's the playbook system we created
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I visited a coworking space where startup founders with tiny teams pay $9K a month to be around each other
I visited a NYC office full of Gen Z startup founders and discovered why building a company with AI doesn't always mean wanting to work alone.
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Why Jeff Dean says he left Google after 27 years to build a small AI startup
Jeff Dean says he left Google to build an AI startup partly because smaller teams can be more effective.
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I'm a creative who was hesitant about AI. I found the parts of my small business I trust it with.
A small business owner in Brooklyn created a C-suite filled with AI agents to help run her business, but she refuses to use AI for creative work.
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Startup founders share what early conversations were crucial to have before money and emotions got involved.
Three startup teams share what cofounders should agree on early, from equity split and domain ownership, to conflict resolution and exit scenarios.
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My startup accidentally went over our AI budget from one Claude setting — it turned out to be worth it
A startup cofounder shared how his team accidentally spent $30,000 on AI tokens in one month — and why they don't have a token budget.
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When I lost access to Fable, I had a backup plan. Now that it's back, I'm even more certain that my fail-safe strategy works.
A UK founder said losing access to Anthropic's Fable AI model taught him to always have a backup plan when building with AI.
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We're childhood friends who scaled our startup to $13M by age 21. Dropping out of college was the right move — if anything, we did it too late.
Two childhood friends scaled an AI study app to $13 million in revenue and say using AI to code is powerful but comes at a cost.
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I was using Anthropic's Fable when it disappeared mid-project. It taught me a lesson about AI and business.
A UK founder was mid project with Anthropic's Fable 5 model when a US government order halted foreign access. Luckily, he had a backup plan.
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I'm the only nontechnical employee at an AI startup. There are still some tasks I won't trust AI to handle.
A chief of staff working alongside an AI chief of staff at a San Francisco startup shares how she balances human work and outsourcing to AI.
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We created a million-dollar app after 5 failed ideas. There was one big mistake getting in our way.
A startup cofounder explains the mistake that delayed his search for a successful app idea, and how his pivoting strategy got in the way.
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We built an app as a side hustle and sold it for $4 million without quitting our tech jobs. Here's how AI helped us juggle it all.
Two software engineers created an inbox cleaning app, leveraging AI for development. They sold while keeping their tech jobs.
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I was laid off from eBay. Now I run a business with 27 AI agents — these are the human parts I still handle myself.
After being laid off from eBay, Linara Bozieva launched an AI-powered marketing agency which she runs with 27 custom AI agents.
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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.
Kristinia Martinelli shares the AI tool she built to help her launch her AI consultancy after she was let go from her corporate job.
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I run a 9-person AI startup that has experimented with roles. Hiring a private chef was more beneficial than having a chief of staff.
A startup CEO hired a private chef for his 8-person team after spending $13,500 monthly on food delivery. It saved money and boosted productivity.
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AI helped these startups run lean teams, but it also created new challenges to look out for
Three founders of lean AI startups shared with Business Insider their takeaways from managing tiny AI-driven teams.
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I switched to Claude as the go-to AI model for my business. ChatGPT is still our backup — here's how we use both.
A CEO of a small marketing company explains why he switched from ChatGPT to Claude — and why he thinks the alternative could win enterprise AI.
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I run an AI-powered startup, and we canceled our ChatGPT plan months ago. Claude feels more like the promise of AI.
An AI startup cofounder explains why they canceled their ChatGPT plan, and are among a growing group of AI user's choosing Claude over ChatGPT.
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We left Big Tech to build an AI startup that raised $4.5 million in seed funding. Our most crucial skill hasn't been technical knowledge.
After meeting at Google, two friends reunited years later. They built a six-person AI startup, moved fast, and raised $4.5 million in seed funding.
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