We're former Google coworkers who raised $4.5M for an AI startup. We didn't build a big team — we built fast instead.
THE SO WHAT
A six-person AI team raising $4.5M is the new norm — capital is rewarding velocity and leverage, not headcount. If your AI org looks like a traditional SaaS buildout, you're structurally overstaffed and under-leveraged on tooling.
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