Why I Left My Banking Career to Build AI - Ameen Altajer
Everyone says AI agents are ready for production. What happens when you give one the keys to a bank?
Ameen Altajer is the founder of InfiniteWare, an AI company that grew out of his game development studio. He moved into AI in 2015, long before LLMs. He built his products on lunch breaks and after 5pm during a banking career, then left in 2024. In this conversation he talks about taking that leap, why he turns down big clients, and why he thinks the hype around AI agents is a problem.
Expect to learn:
⬛ How do you build a company beside a full-time job?
⬛ Why growth might not be a priority…
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