Episode #44: Founding Engineers Are Impossible To Hire, Regulators Come For AI Therapy Chatbots, What VCs Get Wrong About Hiring
This week on The Learning Corner, we dig into the changing dynamics of talent, regulation, and hiring in venture. We start with the San Francisco Standard’s piece on why founding engineers are suddenly the most coveted hire in Silicon Valley, and how the expectations for technical co-founders have shifted post-AI. Next, we explore Platformer News’s report on the political crackdown on AI therapy bots. As states move to regulate AI mental health tools, we debate where the line should be drawn between helpful support and unlicensed therapy, and what it means for builders in this space. Finally, we unpack Amplify Partners’ post on why most VC firms hire associates wrong. Charles shares what he’s learned from hiring across multiple funds at Precursor, and we discuss what it looks like to truly invest in future partners from the earliest stages of their careers.
Key Points
- Companies are increasingly offering substantial equity stakes to attract top engineering talent, which could have long-term implications on team dynamics and cap tables.
- State-by-state regulation of AI therapy bots seems inevitable due to growing concerns over their unregulated influence and the potential for misuse in mental health support.
- The venture capital industry faces a dilemma between the leverage model, which treats associates as transient support, and the development model, which invests in grooming them for long-term roles, each with its own set of trade-offs.
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