Here’s how I did it.<\/p>\n
I planned to become a diplomat until I discovered AI<\/p>\n
I was a student at the University of Oxford when GPT-3 came out, and I was blown away. I knew it was going to revolutionize the world.<\/a><\/p>\n I graduated from Oxford in 2022 and took a gap year, knowing that I eventually wanted to found a tech startup. In the meantime, consulting felt like a good way to learn about other industries.<\/p>\n In September 2023, I started working at BCG<\/a> in the private equity team. I was often in the office until midnight, so I didn’t have much time during the week. I spent my weekends learning how to code by going back and forth with Claude and ChatGPT, prompting them not to give me answers straight away, but to ask leading questions.<\/p>\n YouTube also helped me discover new tools and frameworks, and I used a textbook to understand the theory.<\/p>\n I wanted to build something myself<\/p>\n About a year and a half into my time at BCG, I transitioned into a role as an AI engineer. One weekend in May, I had a crisis. I didn’t sleep or eat much and lay in bed trying to work out what I wanted to do with my life.<\/p>\n That summer, my cofounder, Ben Kaye, and I came up with the idea for Remy AI.<\/p>\n Whereas most existing warehouse robots require preprogramming for each object they grasp, we’ve built a model with Remy AI that enables them to adapt to changing conditions on the fly. We’re bringing AI into the physical world, focusing on warehouses and logistics.<\/p>\n Oscar Brisset taught himself to code.\u00a0<\/p>\n Courtesy of Oscar Brisset<\/p>\n From July onwards, I shifted my focus from learning to code to trying to sell, spending my weekends reaching out to people on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n In October, we flew to San Francisco to get funding. I networked like crazy, pitched to a bunch of investors, and applied to YC.<\/a><\/p>\n We got a call inviting us to join the Winter 2026 batch. YC invests $500,000 in each startup, and we’d raised funds from other investors too, which meant I could focus on building the business.<\/p>\n With our startup doing well, I decided to quit my job at BCG in November.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n