Comment by ibejoeb
6 days ago
> single person billion dollar exits
Single person, or single founder? I guess there's n0tch, but he hired people when he started making money. (There may very well be truly solo cases that I don't know about.)
A few others have commented that the job becomes a kind of hybrid. I already think of it like that. If you're a person who can talk to a client and then immediately implement something to solve a problem, that's still going to be part of the process for a while. The sales cycle is still going to be competitive, whether it's based on timing or insider connections. Software people are going to have to start thinking of themselves as small firms; you have to go close a deal and then your agent army can help you deliver.
That billion dollar figure is being thrown around for Steinberger's exit to OpenAI, but I couldn't find any reputable source claiming it. It might be a wrong number, idk.