The AI Growth Playbook: How Startups Are Quietly 10X-ing with AI (And How You Can Too)

Author(s): Mukundan Sankar

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The startup game isn’t about great ideas anymore — it’s about execution. Learn how AI-powered startups are scaling faster, smarter, and more profitably.

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The startup game is no longer about who has the best idea — it’s about who executes fastest, scales efficiently, and outsmarts the competition. And in 2025, that means one thing: AI.

From stealth automation to hyper-personalized customer experiences, startups are quietly using AI to dominate their industries. The secret? Companies are not just treating AI as a simple tool; they are making it a key part of their overall plans. Here’s an overview of how they are doing this and how you can apply it in your own work. I am a big advocate of startups as the rate of innovation in startups far outpaces a big company which led me to my research in this topic.

Startups don’t have the luxury of large teams. The smartest ones are leveraging AI-powered automation to get rid of tasks that take up a lot of time, so they can concentrate on more important things.innovation and customer acquisition.

📌 Case Study: Scale AI — Scale AI built an empire by using artificial intelligence to automate data labeling for machine learning. Their emphasis on automation changed a process that… Read the full blog for free on Medium.

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