I left my job at BCG to found an AI startup. Here's how consulting prepared me to be a founder — and how it didn't.

06/25/2025, 6:16 AM
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I left my job at BCG to found an AI startup. Here's how consulting prepared me to be a founder — and how it didn't.

Kevin Wu

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Kevin Wu, CEO and cofounder of Leaping AI, an AI voice agent startup that participated in Y Combinator earlier this year. This story has been edited for length and clarity.

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