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AI Billion-Dollar Founder: AI Will Replace Most Jobs – Nikola Mrkšić
Nikola Mrkšić didn’t grow up dreaming of building a $500 million AI company. He wanted to be a neurosurgeon, or a diplomat. Instead, he co-founded Europe’s leading AI platform, PolyAI, a company handling over 100 million customer calls a year, backed by NVIDIA, and reshaping how we interact with machines.
In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Nikola reveals:
Why he never planned to be an entrepreneur, and how he got “accidentally” rich.
The real reason AI startups get funding with no product, no revenue, and no customers.
How his childhood during the Yugoslav wars shaped his obsession with…
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