"Why would I go drink at a bar if I can be building a company?"
"putting in 92 hours a week for the past three weeks."
"This is not meant to glamorize or encourage. We just really, really want to win,"
"Winning means we build a generational company that goes public worth over $10 billion. We"
A growing cohort of 20-something AI founders in the Bay Area adopts monk-like minimalism, rejecting luxury and typical social life to focus entirely on building companies. Founders forgo alcohol, privacy, free time, and sometimes regular sleep or varied food to maximize productivity. Some eat prepackaged meals to reduce decision fatigue and streamline work. Reported schedules include extremely long days and weeks, with one founder claiming 92-hour weeks and daily shifts stretching from early morning to past midnight. Founders frame these sacrifices as necessary to create generational companies and achieve multibillion-dollar outcomes.
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