Sam McBride is the founder of Ani, an AI-powered investment analyst platform. A former employee of the finance industry, McBride left to learn coding and eventually found herself launching the fintech company.
In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, McBride discusses her journey from hedge funds to coding, why self-awareness is a critical quality for a founder and how advancements in AI technology disrupting Ani’s growth, but ultimately made it work.
What advice would you give to a first-time founder?
Everything takes longer than you think. I left my hedge fund job after teaching myself to code and deciding to start a tech company. Not an obvious career move, and what I thought would take weeks took years. You have to genuinely love the grind....