SF AI Startup Corgi Hits $4B Valuation with Mandatory 7-Day Workweeks
annatonger · x · 2026-07-23
AI startup Corgi has become the poster child for the intense grind culture of the San Francisco AI boom. The company reportedly requires a 7-day workweek, and the founder even sleeps in the office.
Despite the extreme working conditions, the company has closed its 3rd financing round in just 3 months, reaching a valuation of $4 billion.
More from Companies & People
- New Schmidhuber Award will honor impactful AI research every year — burny_tech · 2026-07-23
- Google burns through $6 billion in cash as AI spending rises again — nordicinst · 2026-07-23
- AI academia’s prestige flywheel is replacing mentorship with brand value — docmilanfar · 2026-07-23
- Atoms pitch frames warehouse automation as a 2 million-pound machine — beffjezos · 2026-07-23
- Microsoft, OpenAI, Alibaba, Tencent and others crowd a packed AI news roundup — yungcontent · 2026-07-23
- A founder deck should look authentic, not polished AI slop — ditzikow · 2026-07-23