Former Meta Employee Shares Experience Starting AI Startup After Leaving Big Tech

I followed the Chinese playbook for success, then quit Meta for startup life. It feels like being on-call 24/7.

After following the Chinese playbook to success, Yuhao Xu left his coveted tech job to build an AI startup. Yuhao Xu Yuhao Xu studied at a top Chinese university and pursued the dream of working in Big Tech. In many Chinese families, stability and status are deeply valued, he told Business Insider. He gave up money and certainty to be a startup founder and said he's much happier than before. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Yuhao Xu, a former engineer at Facebook and th...