Building the Team Behind Our AI Startup

What does it really take to build an AI startup? In this episode, we go behind the scenes at Tano, one of London’s fastest-growing AI startups, as the team hires software engineers, scales its AI platform, and discusses the future of software engineering in the age of AI. From engineering interviews and system design challenges to conversations about OpenAI, Anthropic, Kimi K3, AI coding agents, and autonomous AI agents, this is an inside look at what it’s like building an AI company from the ground up. If you’re interested in AI startups, software engineering, entrepreneurship, or building AI products, subscribe for weekly episodes following our journey. Chapters 00:00 The Make-or-Break Moment 02:31 Why We’re Hiring 04:59 Meet Our Newest Engineer 05:54 The Future of AI Engineering 08:50 Behind an Engineering Interview 10:45 What Makes a Great AI Engineer? 12:04 OpenAI vs Kimi K3 14:15 We Hired a New Engineer About Tano Tano is building autonomous AI agents for influencer marketing. Follow our journey as we build AI products, hire world-class engineers, scale an AI startup, and document what it’s really like to grow a technology company. Topics AI startup, artificial intelligence, AI agents, autonomous agents, software engineering, engineering interviews, startup life, OpenAI, Anthropic, Kimi K3, coding agents, LLMs, machine learning, founder life, product development, SaaS, hiring engineers. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIStartup #SoftwareEngineering #OpenAI #Anthropic #AIAgents #Startup #Tech #machinelearning ⸻ Tano Website: https://www.tano.ai Will Caplan Linkedin:   / will-caplan-45a173194   Sagar Shah Linkedin:   / sagarshahuk