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$12B AI startup Thinking Machines Lab loses 2 founding members to Meta

$12B AI startup Thinking Machines Lab loses 2 founding members to Meta

Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak, two founding members of Thinking Machines Lab, the artificial intelligence startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, have left the company to join Meta.
From $50 eBay flip to $2.5B AI startup: How Iran-born Ali Ansari is closing in on billionaire status at 25

From $50 eBay flip to $2.5B AI startup: How Iran-born Ali Ansari is closing in on billionaire status at 25

Vietnamese engineer, 25, raises $1M for AI startup in Germany

Vietnamese engineer, 25, raises $1M for AI startup in Germany

Why founders of billion-dollar AI startups are getting younger than ever

Why founders of billion-dollar AI startups are getting younger than ever

AI startup founders are getting younger as investors favor entrepreneurs who can “move fast and break things” and continuously iterate, test and improve.
January 25, 2026 | 03:14 am PT
Co-founder of $12B AI startup Thinking Machines fired after workplace relationship surfaced

Co-founder of $12B AI startup Thinking Machines fired after workplace relationship surfaced

Barret Zoph, co-founder and chief technology officer of Thinking Machines Lab, was dismissed after CEO Mira Murati raised concerns about his performance and an undisclosed relationship with a junior colleague.
January 22, 2026 | 01:43 am PT
Younger founders, faster growth: New age of AI unicorns

Younger founders, faster growth: New age of AI unicorns

The average age of AI unicorn founders fell from a peak of 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024, according to a new report by venture capital firm Antler.
January 14, 2026 | 12:58 am PT
From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds

From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds

AI companies are on the hunt to design the ideal device to deliver AI's superpowers, and some new enterprises are convinced that headphones or earbuds are the way.
January 6, 2026 | 10:07 pm PT
Teenagers are the new face of AI startups while still in school

Teenagers are the new face of AI startups while still in school

Teenage founders like 15-year-old Nick Dobroshinsky are entering the startup world at increasingly young ages, using artificial intelligence and social media fluency to build companies while still in school.
January 2, 2026 | 12:53 am PT
AI boom creates wealth at record pace, minting 50 new billionaires in 2025

AI boom creates wealth at record pace, minting 50 new billionaires in 2025

The AI boom of 2025 has created more than 50 new billionaires, with entrepreneurs driving innovations in AI models, infrastructure, and applications that are transforming everyday life.
January 1, 2026 | 05:17 pm PT
5 things to know about Carina Hong, 24-year-old Stanford dropout luring Big Tech talent to her math startup

5 things to know about Carina Hong, 24-year-old Stanford dropout luring Big Tech talent to her math startup

One of the first in her family to receive higher education, Carina Hong, 24, excelled academically before leaving her Stanford PhD program to start Axiom Math, an AI math startup attracting top talent.
December 28, 2025 | 11:24 pm PT
Stanford PhD dropouts under 30 making their mark in tech: What Carina Hong and Demi Guo share

Stanford PhD dropouts under 30 making their mark in tech: What Carina Hong and Demi Guo share

Carina Hong and Demi Guo, both of whom have recently emerged as prominent tech founders under 30, share several similarities, including their decision to drop out of PhD programs at Stanford University.
December 25, 2025 | 03:06 pm PT
Who is Carina Hong, the 24-year-old Stanford dropout drawing Big Tech talent to her AI math startup?

Who is Carina Hong, the 24-year-old Stanford dropout drawing Big Tech talent to her AI math startup?

At just 24, Carina Hong has become one of the most talked-about young figures in AI, a China-born mathematician who dropped out of a Stanford Ph.D. program to build the AI math startup Axiom Math.
December 24, 2025 | 02:53 am PT
Building math AI startup: How 24-year-old Stanford dropout Carina Hong is attracting Big Tech talent

Building math AI startup: How 24-year-old Stanford dropout Carina Hong is attracting Big Tech talent

China-born Carina Hong, a 24-year-old Stanford dropout, has drawn an elite group of AI researchers and a world-renowned mathematician to Axiom Math, her startup building an AI mathematician.
December 21, 2025 | 02:07 am PT
World’s youngest self-made billionaires face backlash over alleged pay cuts at AI startup Mercor

World’s youngest self-made billionaires face backlash over alleged pay cuts at AI startup Mercor

Mercor, an AI recruiting startup founded by the world’s youngest self-made billionaires, is facing backlash from contractors after shutting down a key project and allegedly offering lower pay for similar roles.
November 19, 2025 | 05:21 pm PT
From Harvard to Silicon Valley: Teenage girl bets big on AI startup

From Harvard to Silicon Valley: Teenage girl bets big on AI startup

When 19-year-old Harvard freshman Christine Zhang left the university this summer to live in a shared house in San Francisco to build her AI startup she did not expect to not return.
November 13, 2025 | 09:03 pm PT
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