Founder stories

This founder-turned-VC is betting against the AI hype

Oct 22, 2026

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4 min read

This founder-turned-VC is betting against the AI hype

And what he’s funding instead...

Amanda Smith

This founder does $25M+ annually with a generative AI video platform

Oct 8, 2026

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4 min read

This founder does $25M+ annually with a generative AI video platform

But they didn’t start out in AI

Amanda Smith

This founder is building AI agent verification infrastructure for the new economy

Oct 1, 2026

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4 min read

This founder is building AI agent verification infrastructure for the new economy

KYA: Know Your Agent

Amanda Smith

This founder built an AI tool for ticket resales

Sep 23, 2026

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4 min read

This founder built an AI tool for ticket resales

He’s betting on AI and IRL

Amanda Smith

This founder built an AI agent that does around $2M ARR

Sep 17, 2026

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4 min read

This founder built an AI agent that does around $2M ARR

Built on his own breakthrough

Amanda Smith

This founder is her own AI tool’s best customer

Sep 10, 2026

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4 min read

This founder is her own AI tool’s best customer

The smart way to validate a product

Amanda Smith

This AI app publisher founder hit $6M ARR in 9 months

Sep 3, 2026

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5 min read

This AI app publisher founder hit $6M ARR in 9 months

Every app is vibe-coded

Amanda Smith

She built a better social media platform where the AI protects users

Aug 27, 2026

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3 min read

She built a better social media platform where the AI protects users

Using social media for social good

Amanda Smith

This founder built an AI agent marketplace of actual humans

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

This founder built an AI agent marketplace of actual humans

Where being good at conversation is an income stream

Amanda Smith

This serial founder built a voice AI agent for older adults

Aug 6, 2026

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5 min read

This serial founder built a voice AI agent for older adults

He’s bullish on voice as the preventative-care layer for the aging population.

Amanda Smith

This founder raised $103M to fix general ledger accounting software

Jul 30, 2026

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3 min read

This founder raised $103M to fix general ledger accounting software

This once unglamorous category is now a major AI battleground

Amanda Smith

This co-founder raised $20M to use AI to bring toys to life

Jul 23, 2026

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4 min read

This co-founder raised $20M to use AI to bring toys to life

He’s bullish on the $43M “kidult” industry

Amanda Smith

The AI founder who sold his company to ClickUp

Jul 16, 2026

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5 min read

The AI founder who sold his company to ClickUp

It now powers ClickUp Brain

Amanda Smith

This technologist built a tool to check AI’s wellbeing

Jul 9, 2026

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3 min read

This technologist built a tool to check AI’s wellbeing

She calls it a welfare protocol

Amanda Smith

This founder built the AI OS for DTC companies

Jun 25, 2026

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4 min read

This founder built the AI OS for DTC companies

Helping small companies 10x their size

Amanda Smith

This founder built a simulation platform for FDA submissions

Jun 18, 2026

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3 min read

This founder built a simulation platform for FDA submissions

And created a new category of AI tools

Amanda Smith

This AI music video generator platform does $5M ARR

Jun 11, 2026

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4 min read

This AI music video generator platform does $5M ARR

Long live the music video

Amanda Smith

This founder built an AI tone detection tool

Jun 4, 2026

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3 min read

This founder built an AI tone detection tool

For socially conscious companies and individuals

Amanda Smith

This AI recruiter automates first-round interviews

May 27, 2026

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4 min read

This AI recruiter automates first-round interviews

What’s the deal with these AI interviewers?

Amanda Smith

This founder built the integrations infrastructure used by big AI labs

May 21, 2026

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3 min read

This founder built the integrations infrastructure used by big AI labs

You’ve probably used it without knowing it

Amanda Smith

This founder gets small businesses on streaming platforms

Apr 30, 2026

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4 min read

This founder gets small businesses on streaming platforms

AI is the big unlock

Amanda Smith

This foodie founder built an AI sous chef

Apr 21, 2026

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3 min read

This foodie founder built an AI sous chef

Eat and earn, with this AI tool

Amanda Smith

They hit unicorn status faster than nearly any AI company in history

Apr 9, 2026

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3 min read

They hit unicorn status faster than nearly any AI company in history

70 people. $250M ARR. Zero marketing.

Amanda Smith

This founder built a faster way to test software

Apr 2, 2026

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8 min read

This founder built a faster way to test software

Ship faster and break less

Amanda Smith

This founder’s AI tool helps fund retirements

Mar 26, 2026

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9 min read

This founder’s AI tool helps fund retirements

He’s making financial planning fun

Amanda Smith

Founder stories

This founder-turned-VC is betting against the AI hype

This founder does $25M+ annually with a generative AI video platform

This founder is building AI agent verification infrastructure for the new economy

This founder built an AI tool for ticket resales

This founder built an AI agent that does around $2M ARR

This founder is her own AI tool’s best customer

This AI app publisher founder hit $6M ARR in 9 months

She built a better social media platform where the AI protects users

This founder built an AI agent marketplace of actual humans

This serial founder built a voice AI agent for older adults

This founder raised $103M to fix general ledger accounting software

This co-founder raised $20M to use AI to bring toys to life

The AI founder who sold his company to ClickUp

This technologist built a tool to check AI’s wellbeing

This founder built the AI OS for DTC companies

This founder built a simulation platform for FDA submissions

This AI music video generator platform does $5M ARR

This founder built an AI tone detection tool

This AI recruiter automates first-round interviews

This founder built the integrations infrastructure used by big AI labs

This founder gets small businesses on streaming platforms

This foodie founder built an AI sous chef

They hit unicorn status faster than nearly any AI company in history

This founder built a faster way to test software

This founder’s AI tool helps fund retirements

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