No Co-Founder, No Degree, $41.5M to Fix AI Data Centers | Zach Laberge, Omen

Podcast: Solo Founders · Solo Founders

Opublikowano: 2026-08-26

Zach Laberge dropped out of high school to build his first company. His second, Omen AI, puts real-time sensors inside the fluids that keep AI data centers and industrial machines running. He's 20, has no co-founder, and has raised $41.5M. He explains why having no technical co-founder forced him to learn spectroscopy himself, and why that made him better. Topics covered: - The shutdown test: how to know when to stop, and how to wind down well - Restarting from your strengths: $3M raised in three days from the buyers who'd said no - Customer-led...