The next generation of AI founders can't even drive

from Pacific Standard Time · host The San Francisco Standard

Tech founders used to drop out of college. Now many aren’t even going. This week on “Pacific Standard Time,” we talk to Rya Jetha, who covers tech culture for The Standard, and 13-year-old founder Michael Goldstein. Background reading: ‘It’s normal in this city to be a dropout’: AI founders are starting younger than ever Meet the 13-year-old looking to cash in on the AI boom For more information on this week’s episode, visit ⁠sfstandard.com/pacific-standard-time⁠. Transcripts of each episode are available on our website. Support this podcast from The San Francisco Standard by becoming a member: www.sfstandard.com/member

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