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Building an AI Startup After MIT: Fireside Chat with Warp CEO Ayush Sharma | MIT Startup Week

What does it actually take to go from a small town in India to MIT to founding a fast-growing AI startup in New York? In this fireside chat at MIT, Ayush Sharma, founder and CEO of Warp, shares his unfiltered journey: secretly applying to MIT behind his parents' backs, realizing big tech wasn't for him, failing with his first startup idea (a social app), and eventually discovering the massive, overlooked problem of payroll and compliance in the US. Ayush breaks down why he bet on AI agents to automate the $1,000+ tax jurisdiction maze that every growing company faces, what "AI-native" actually means beyond the buzzword, and why Warp's product philosophy is the opposite of traditional software: engineered to disappear, not to maximize engagement. He also gets real about the parts of startup life nobody talks about: the sleepless nights, the terror, and why he thinks startup culture has become too glamorized. Ayush Sharma is the founder and CEO of Warp, the only AI-native HR and payroll platform built for startups. Before Warp, he studied computer science at MIT (Class of 2019) and worked in engineering roles at high-growth startups. Warp is backed by $25M from Sound Ventures, Y Combinator, and founders of Dropbox and Cruise. Warp is the only AI-native HR & Payroll platform built for startups. Instead of clicking through clunky dashboards or .gov websites, Warp's AI agents open every state tax account, file every payroll form, and resolve every tax notice automatically. Every company gets a dedicated Account Manager and Benefits Advisor included, so you never have to spend hours on hold with tax agencies or worry about compliance mistakes. Try Warp: https://wwwwarp.co Careers at Warp: https://wwwwarp.co/careers Follow Warp:   / joinwarp   Follow Ayush: https://x.com/ayushswrites #startup #founder #mit #aistartup #payroll #hrtech #entrepreneurship #founderjourney #yc #ycombinator #warp #ainative Chapters: 0:00 - Intro: Meet Ayush Sharma, founder and CEO of Warp 2:07 - Growing up in India and secretly applying to MIT 6:06 - Why Ayush never planned to be a founder (and what changed) 10:43 - Why Warp: tar pit ideas, 1,000+ tax jurisdictions, and the AI bet 17:47 - What "AI-native" actually means (and why it won't age well as a term) 21:56 - Engineered to disappear: why Warp's product philosophy is the opposite of traditional software 44:05 - Advice for students: why startups are over-glamorized and college is a sandbox