Cathie Wood: Youth Unemployment at 9.9%, Use AI to Start Your Own Company
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-04
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood shared labor market data on ARK's YouTube channel: overall US unemployment is 4.2%, but youth unemployment (ages 16-24) has climbed back to 9.9%.
Her advice to struggling graduates: instead of job hunting, start your own company with AI — no employees, solve a real problem, keep interviewing along the way, and "you'll go to the head of the class, meaning you'll be recruited first."
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