AI employee startup hires Robbie O'Connor after a year watching the market
alex_verem · x · 2026-07-30
Robbie O'Connor, who helped take Dropbox, Asana, and Notion to market, is joining an AI employee company as CRO after spending a year watching the AI market from the investor side.
- His key filter: before a product has a category, customers already talk about it as something that matters to them personally.
- The post argues that this kind of early attachment is a better signal than simple curiosity.
- It also notes that Viktor reached $25M ARR before hiring a sales team, suggesting real pull already existed.
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