Henry’s Best Hits

How a Solo Founder Cloned Himself With AI That Now Runs 6000 Companies and Hit $6M+ ARR

This is the first interview I've ever conducted with an AI standing in for its founder

May 8 • Henry Shi

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April 2026

The Founder's Playbook for Landing and Maximizing a Major Sports Partnership

How we evaluated 10+ leagues, negotiated a Tier 1 deal on our terms, and built a performance-driven sports partnership from the ground up

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March 2026

He Came To America At 10 Without Knowing English And Now Runs A $250M+ ARR AI Company At 25

The untold story of Ali Ansari, the solo founder who hyperscaled a lean AI company to $250M+ in one year with just 80 employees

Mar 12

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February 2026

How Jobright Hit $5M ARR With 9 People and a System of In-House Agents

The Lean AI Founder's Playbook for Building From Zero to Traction Without a Bloated Team

Feb 28

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I Left My $200M+ Rev/yr Startup to Build Safe AGI at Anthropic. Here's My Resignation Letter + 9-Step Exit Playbook

The complete founder exit guide nobody teaches as unicorn founders consider joining AI labs.

Feb 19

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January 2026

The Private Delegation System Behind Billion-Dollar Founders

For the first time ever, a $1B founder is sharing the private systems he’s spent years and millions building

Jan 22 • Henry Shi

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December 2025

Exclusive: How the Largest One-Person VC in History Built $2.5B AUM With Zero Employees

He went from getting fired to driving 40%+ IRR in 15 years, while everyone else was pattern-matching

Dec 18, 2025 • Henry Shi

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November 2025

Why The Best AI Companies Look More Like Instagram (Consumer) Than Salesforce (Enterprise)

While VCs pour billions into B2B SaaS companies, this investor spotted a pattern that's creating billion-dollar companies with almost zero funding

Nov 14, 2025 • Henry Shi

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October 2025

144 Rejections → $150M Raised → $200M+ rev/yr

After 144 rejections, we finally cracked the code — here’s the battle-tested playbook I used to raise $150M and the fundraising resource I wish I had…

Oct 31, 2025 • Henry Shi

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Special Announcement: I joined Anthropic working directly with the co-founder, and why successful founders are joining frontier AI labs

From co-founding a $200M+ rev/yr company to working directly with the co-founder of Anthropic, why I am now working on humanity’s biggest transformation

Oct 17, 2025

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The 2nd Largest Solo GP in the World: How (and Why) Salil Deshpande Manages $750M with Zero Employees

The insider story of how (and why) Salil manages $750M across three funds entirely by himself and without any partners, analysts, contractors, or even…

Oct 9, 2025 • Henry Shi

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September 2025

Exclusive: How this 22 year-old dropout built a $4.4M Lean AI Native company with only 1 employee

The teenage cold-caller who cracked the code on AI recruiting

Sep 18, 2025 • Henry Shi

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