Tiny Teams, Mega AI: Coding Superpowers & Coffee Deficits
Meet Quentin Peccoux, 28, French vibe coder and head of AI products at Arcads AI, a 2023 startup cranking AI-generated video ads with a lean team of seven — or as he calls it, a team of 50 thanks to AI. Over in India, Shivam Sagar, 27, endures 'eat, sleep, code, repeat' at Aragon AI, a nine-person gang churning out AI-driven headshots since 2022, doubling or tripling engineer output with AI but trading work-life balance for non-stop sprint goals upgraded from biweekly to weekly (because why not?). LA’s Raul Alcantara, MIT grad and Aragon’s 25-year-old tech lead, preaches breaks in a 24/7 world that ain’t really 8-hrs-a-day anymore. Meanwhile, Oleve in NYC, led by 25-year-old Sidhant Bendre, dodges fake skills in favor of AI-powered specialists, juggling 6 full-timers and 7 contractors in a 2024 startup that treats AI like an employee who never takes a lunch break. Small teams plus AI equals max hustle, min chill.
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When AI turns a startup of 7 into a SWAT team of 50, don’t ask about their sleep schedules — they’re as extinct as dial-up internet. Work-life balance? Cute. Here, it’s all about eating, sleeping, coding... rinse and repeat in a startup cage match with AI as the secret weapon.
Who needs a big team when AI runs circles around humans? Tiny teams say goodbye to weekend plans and hello to vibe coding and sprint goals that arrive faster than you can say 'burnout'. Spoiler alert: no one’s vibing.
Sure, AI does the work of 3 engineers, but have you met the 24/7 demands of startups led by 25-year-olds with MIT degrees and no concept of breaks? It’s like asking a cheetah to jog with a boulder strapped to its back.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/29/2025 | Author: Agnes Applegate
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