Science & Technology

Don’t stop hiring humans. Stop hiring the wrong humans with Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, Artisan

Surviving the early days as an AI startup isn’t just about making the technology work, it’s about hiring the right people, avoiding costly mistakes, and standing out in a crowded market. This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, founder and CEO of Artisan, a fast-growing AI startup building AI employees…

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June 25, 2026

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Surviving the early days as an AI startup isn’t just about making the technology work, it’s about hiring the right people, avoiding costly mistakes, and standing out in a crowded market.

This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, founder and CEO of Artisan, a fast-growing AI startup building AI employees for sales. Best known for its viral “Stop Hiring Humans” campaign, Artisan is rethinking outbound sales with AI, while still betting on hiring exceptional human talent.

In this episode, they break down what it really takes to build and scale a venture-backed AI company, from Y Combinator to rapid growth.

This conversation covers:

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Startup hiring mistakes every founder should avoid

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Lessons on firing, team building, and company culture in early-stage startups

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The strategy behind bold, controversial marketing that drives growth

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How AI is transforming sales, hiring, and the future of work

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What founders get wrong about the necessary roles needed for a scaling startup

This conversation gets to the heart of building a startup: making the right hires early or paying for it later.

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New episodes of Build Mode () drop every Thursday. Hosted by Isabelle Johannessen. Produced and edited by Maggie Nye. Audience development led by Morgan Little. Special thanks to the Foundry and Cheddar video teams.

CNET

Foldable Phones Live Q&A and What to Expect at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked Event

Join us as we dive into the world of foldable phones and pontificate about what’s on the horizon for Samsung at its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked summer event. CNET’s mobile team will be taking your questions live and breaking down Samsung’s newest foldable screen tech. Read more about Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked summer event on CNET.com Samsung’s…

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22 hours ago

July 15, 2026

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Read more about Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked summer event on CNET.com
Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked Event: We Expect Weird Foldables, Funky AI Glasses and More

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Science & Technology

Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise| Equity

Can a handful of engineers really do the work of an army of consultants? That’s the bet behind Ode with Anthropic — the joint venture dedicated to embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterprise firms, backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs and others. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down…

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1 day ago

July 15, 2026

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On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Ode’s leaders Chris Taylor and Eddie Siegel, who founded Fractional AI, the applied AI services startup that Ode acquired earlier this year to serve as the new venture’s core. The three discuss why so many enterprise AI pilots never make it to production and why they think AI-native services are about to become one of the biggest categories in tech.

Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:30 Fractional AI becomes “Ode with Anthropic”

1:13 Why non-AI companies are the real AI winners

2:04 Working with Blackstone, Anthropic, and beyond

3:05 Inside a real project: fixing LogicGate’s bottleneck

7:29 How long does it take from hypothesis to production?

9:19 Measuring ROI: revenue, efficiency, and evals

16:37 Model choice vs. workflow redesign, and why it’s Claude-first

23:10 Hiring generalists over specialized AI talent

26:39 Can this scale without turning into another consulting firm?

30:49 Outro

CNET

A Behind the Scenes Look at Samsung’s Display Lab in South Korea

Over the years, phone-makers have shown off handsets that stretch, bend and fold. But inside a secret room at Samsung Display’s headquarters in South Korea — one that had never before been opened up to the press — CNET Senior Tech Reporter Abrar Al-Heeti got a firsthand look at the company’s vision for the future…

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2 days ago

July 14, 2026

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