They quit Bain, McKinsey, and BCG to be AI founders — and had to unlearn consulting fast

These former MBB consultants left to found AI startups. Julius Bruch, Kevin Wu, Daphne Tay/ Bluente, Nathan Wangliao The path to partnership used to be the dream — especially at Bain, McKinsey, or BCG. But in the AI boom, some consultants have traded slide decks for startups. As AI reshapes industries and lowers the barriers to building a company, advising from the sidelines no longer feels like enough. Several of the former consultants we spoke to said they'd long had the itch to build. AI ...