Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, technology, and human interest. Her work has been published in highly respected titles including The Guardian, Business Insider, and National Geographic. Amanda is a regular contributor at CNET, where she’s covered AI since 2024.

Founder stories

This “retired” software engineer bootstrapped his AI HR platform

No VC money needed

BYAmanda Smith

Jan 22, 2026

Founder stories

The ex-Meta research scientist building an AI chief-of-staff

No more digital drudgery...

BYAmanda Smith

Jan 15, 2026

Founder stories

This ex-Google engineer’s $8M bet on social AI

His ideal user might surprise you

BYAmanda Smith

Jan 8, 2026

Founder stories

Why a former Google and Tinder exec is going all in on restaurant AI

She built at Meta and LinkedIn, then quit to launch an AI agent inside real restaurants

BYAmanda Smith

Dec 18, 2025

Founder stories

The founder pioneering fertility’s AI revolution

She’s an ex-patient and biomedical engineer

BYAmanda Smith

Dec 11, 2025

ICYMI: How Dex is changing recruiting

And the healthcare AI tackling admin plus the first-time founder competing with OpenAI.

BYAmanda Smith

Dec 9, 2025

Founder stories

This first-time AI founder is doing $250M+/year

Going shoulder-to-shoulder with Google & OpenAI

BYAmanda Smith

Dec 4, 2025

Founder stories

How this ex-LinkedIn product lead is using AI to fix healthcare

Disrupting archaic healthcare admin

BYAmanda Smith

Nov 25, 2025

Founder stories

How this a16z-backed AI founder is fixing hiring

He’s rewriting the rules of hiring

BYAmanda Smith

Nov 20, 2025

ICYMI: AI’s biggest wins are coming from unexpected places

Hospitality, education, weddings, real estate and AR are getting rebuilt in real time.

BYInsane Media, +1

Nov 18, 2025

Founder stories

This founder created the AI “Canva for AR”

AR is having its moment...

BYAmanda Smith

Nov 13, 2025

Founder stories

This founder built a $3 billion business revolutionizing brokerages

Real estate was ripe for disruption.

BYAmanda Smith

Nov 6, 2025

Founder stories

The founder bringing AI to “I do”

No more bridezillas.

BYAmanda Smith

Oct 28, 2025

Founder stories

This founder built the famous AI robot teacher

We love a good underdog story.

BYAmanda Smith

Oct 23, 2025

Founder stories

From Hilton director to hotel unicorn founder

Integrating AI was the big ah-ha moment

BYAmanda Smith

Oct 16, 2025

When “too much” is just enough

From Scale AI's Alexandr Wang to an 18-year-old app founder, this week's stories are all ambition without limits.

BYInsane Media, +1

Oct 14, 2025

Founder stories

This female founder grew 2 million users across 120 countries in a year

Her “secret”? Building a product people actually need.

BYAmanda Smith

Oct 9, 2025

ICYMI – three founders rewriting AI’s playbook

From a llama farm to no-code labs to an AI-native sales startup, three stories you may have missed.

BYAmanda Smith

Oct 7, 2025

Founder stories

This veteran Microsoft engineer is building Cursor for sales teams

AI that creates a predictable revenue pipeline? Sign me up.

BYAmanda Smith

Oct 2, 2025

Founder stories

This founder’s no-code solution secured $4M funding 4 months in

Building the future of AI apps from Bangalore.

BYAmanda Smith

Sep 25, 2025

The farmer-founder building the retail renaissance

Life after a successful acquisition and challenging what’s “cool” to build in.

BYAmanda Smith

Sep 19, 2025

Founder stories

Missed these? Founders shaping AI’s future

From a Silicon Valley veteran to a teenage app builder to the godfather of chatbots — three stories worth a second look.

BYAmanda Smith

Sep 16, 2025

Founder stories

From Uber to AI-powered ecommerce

This Silicon Valley founder is helping to automate the American Dream.

BYAmanda Smith

Sep 11, 2025

Founder stories

This teen builds viral AI apps in a day

Vibe coding, virality and bypassing the big guys

BYAmanda Smith

Sep 4, 2025

Founder stories

The godfather of the AI chatbot big bet on personal AI

The AI brain and its many fascinating use cases, from the boardroom to the hospital bed.

BYAmanda Smith

Aug 28, 2025

Amanda Smith

This “retired” software engineer bootstrapped his AI HR platform

The ex-Meta research scientist building an AI chief-of-staff

This ex-Google engineer’s $8M bet on social AI

Why a former Google and Tinder exec is going all in on restaurant AI

The founder pioneering fertility’s AI revolution

ICYMI: How Dex is changing recruiting

This first-time AI founder is doing $250M+/year

How this ex-LinkedIn product lead is using AI to fix healthcare

How this a16z-backed AI founder is fixing hiring

ICYMI: AI’s biggest wins are coming from unexpected places

This founder created the AI “Canva for AR”

This founder built a $3 billion business revolutionizing brokerages

The founder bringing AI to “I do”

This founder built the famous AI robot teacher

From Hilton director to hotel unicorn founder

When “too much” is just enough

This female founder grew 2 million users across 120 countries in a year

ICYMI – three founders rewriting AI’s playbook

This veteran Microsoft engineer is building Cursor for sales teams

This founder’s no-code solution secured $4M funding 4 months in

The farmer-founder building the retail renaissance

Missed these? Founders shaping AI’s future

From Uber to AI-powered ecommerce

This teen builds viral AI apps in a day

The godfather of the AI chatbot big bet on personal AI

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