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The compass for curious builders. ~100 AI founders and experts distilled into the wedge, the build, and the sell.
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Angelina Yang
Interviews the technical founders and domain experts building AI, then distills what they actually did into the wedge, the build, and the sell.
AI/ML researcher, published author on RAG, AI patent holder, Anthropic Developer Contest winner. Her questions are basic on purpose. The ones a first-time builder would want to ask but might feel too embarrassed to. That's the point.
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Latest
Your First Enterprise Contract Is a Pilot, Not an MSA — And Why That Matters
Sadaf Ayub (Founder, Ayub Consulting) explains why small startups misjudge their leverage against enterprise buyers, how to structure a first enterprise pilot correctly, and the negotiation moves technical founders consistently miss.
Why 50/50 Cofounder Equity Is the Wrong Default — And What To Do Instead
Sadaf Ayub (Founder, Ayub Consulting) explains why the standard 50/50 cofounder split is a rule of thumb, not a decision — and why it can quietly create gridlock, resentment, and startup failure.
Never Move Money Into Your Startup Account. Ever. — The Founder Mistake That Kills Investor Trust
Sadaf Ayub (Founder, Ayub Consulting) explains why commingling personal and business finances is one of the most common — and most dangerous — early-stage founder mistakes, and how to self-fund your startup without making it uninvestable.
What Should You Study If AI Writes the Code?
Ofer Mendelevitch, author of O'Reilly's Hands-On RAG for Production, on what engineers and CS students should learn now that coding agents write the code — and what still can't be automated.
Why Founders Can't Commit to a Position (It's a Leadership Problem)
Rob Kaminski (Co-Founder, Fletch PMM) on why smart founders understand positioning but refuse to choose one — and why he calls that failure to commit bad leadership.
How to Land a Job at a Frontier AI Lab When Your CV Won't Help (Simon Du, Apodex)
How to get a job at a frontier AI lab when your CV can't prove what labs hire for. Simon Du of Apodex on referrals and the open-source agent project that stands in for one.