Founder
There’s a founder making waves in the AI industry that’s not an American tech billionaire like Elon Musk, Sam Altman, or Dario Amodei.Yang Zhilin is the 34-year-old researcher and entrepreneur behind the Chinese company Moonshot AI and its new open-weight Kimi K3 AI model, which seized Silicon Valley’s attention this…
Jonathan Ross, Groq’s former CEO, says his steep learning curve as a founder came at a hefty cost.”I was a terrible leader. I was one of the world’s worst leaders when I started,” Ross said on an episode of the “Founders” podcast released on Sunday. He recounted his management mistakes…
Some say the American dream is fading, but for Aravind Srinivas, the CEO and co-founder of Perplexity, the US is still the land of opportunity.On an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” published on July 1, Srinivas said America’s startup ecosystem enables people to turn risky business ideas into success…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dominic Imwalle, the founder of DxConsulting, which focuses on one-on-one career coaching with professionals seeking $100K+ roles. Imwalle also runs a newsletter called “Conversations > Applications,” which discusses how to create purposeful conversations for job opportunities. Imwalle was formerly a senior…
Nico Laqua said he’d rather shave years off his life than see his startup fail.He cofounded Corgi, an AI insurance company, in 2024. Corgi became a unicorn in May, raising its Series B at a $1.3 billion valuation — before raising a Series B1 round at a $2.6 billion valuation…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eva Chow, chair of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Art + Film Gala and founder of the soju brand KHEE. She splits her time between Seoul and Los Angeles. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I…
