"We initially started remote. My cofounder is based in the UK and is planning on relocating to New York. We have a sales guy in France, and we have someone running customer success in Illinois. Our goal has always been: How do we actually get people in the same office? You just work faster. I'm getting absolutely roasted by most of the remote tech worker community for my post in favor of the office."
"In the four years I spent in the Bay Area, I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by a lot of companies that I saw grow from nothing to Series A, Series B, Series C - absolutely crush it. These are companies like Cursor and Bland. The culture in San Francisco is hire your best friends, get them in the same room, and let's build great software."
Claudio Fuentes co-founded CompAI and launched a product after starting the company remotely, with team members in the UK, France, and Illinois. The company now requires employees to work in-person five days a week at its New York office. Fuentes argues that shared physical space accelerates collaboration, speeds work, and fosters company culture and loyalty. He draws on four years in Silicon Valley and prior New York experience at WeWork to justify hiring locally and bringing people together. CompAI accepts the trade-off of losing some remote candidates because in-person proximity is prioritized for faster innovation.
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