Online Event
Build Alone, Don’t Burn Out: Starting Up With AI Agents
The Founder Who Burned Out Explains How AI Could Have Saved Him
Date
Jan 13, 2027
Time
09:00 am - 10:00 am
Address
Online Event
You have an idea. You have no team, no technical background, and no co-founder. Everyone says: find a CTO first.
So you wait. Or you start alone, carry everything, push to the breaking point. And then stall.
Tomi Kaukinen walked that path.
Today, through Licence to Fail, he speaks openly about startup culture, mental health, and recovery.
In this online session, we ask a hard question. Can AI agents carry the load that breaks?
What You'll Learn:
- How to build your first version without code or a technical co-founder
- Which startup tasks AI agents can take off your plate today
- How to set limits so AI gives you time back instead of eating it
- Why founders burn out, and the early signs most people miss
- What Tomi would do differently if he started again now
Featured Speaker:
- Tomi Kaukinen - Ceo of licencetofail - is a Sweden-Finnish serial entrepreneur, international keynote speaker, and consultant. He founded GTFO Ventures (developing the "Mun ottelut" app) and later co-founded Spanish sports and media tech companies Camment and Sportacam (2014–2018), where he scaled operations internationally and collaborated with major football clubs. He is best known as the founder of "Licence to Fail," a platform and mentoring concept through which he openly discusses startup culture, mental health, and his personal journey recovering from severe burnout and depression.
Who Should Attend:
- Solo founders with no team and no technical background;
- Professionals holding an idea they do not know how to build;
- Founders who have started building and stalled;
- Anyone who has been told to go find a technical co-founder first.
Additional Resources: Find more Startup Events, learn about the Founder Institute Agentic Program, or explore AI Tools for Startup Ideation and Validation to shape what you build first.
About Founder Institute: The Founder Institute is the World's Largest AI-Native Company Builder, giving idea-stage, first-time founders, and employees making the leap to entrepreneurship the tools, global network, and proven methodology to build an AI-powered startup from zero to funding. Since 2009, our structured programs have helped over 9,000 founders across 100 countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 6 continents, our mission is to empower talented and motivated people everywhere to build impactful, AI-powered companies.
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