This 24 Year Old Built A Multibillion-Dollar AI Training Empire In Eight Months

Founded just two years ago by second-time founders, Decagon’s AI agents are used by more than 100 companies to handle customer service tasks. But can the young, hungry team keep up with well-resourced incumbents? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The former New York City mayor, a longtime backer of historically Black colleges and universities, has a new initiative to support young Black students. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a year marked by setbacks for female employment and advancement opportunities, the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women managed to exert their power — on philanthropy, AI, finance and entertainment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Curt Garner, Chipotle’s president and chief technology officer, helped boost the burrito chain’s online sales from just 5% to more than a third of total revenue. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ali Ansari’s decision to turn micro1’s AI recruitment assistant into a data labeling business spiked the company’s valuation from $80 million to discussions at $2.5 billion. Now he’s working on cornering the market for humanoid training data. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The president’s oldest son once shunned his father to loaf as a vagabond in Colorado. He eventually came home, joined the family business and is amassing the kind of fortune that would make his father proud. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Atomic energy is back, thanks to the ravenous demands of AI, favoritism from Trump, and the zeal of young entrepreneurs raising billions to build mini-reactors. The upside is unlimited. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ElevenLabs’ computer voices are so convincing they could fool your mother. That’s both a blessing—its 30 Under 30 alumni founders are now both billionaires—and a curse for the four-year-old company. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

One year ago, the FBI raided Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan’s apartment. Now, the college dropout is a billionaire at age 27. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.