[sergiotapia]

Are you creating AI or are you applying AI to enhance or create new workflows?

If you're applying, you need an engineer who can build product and ship it. Not a scientist.

If you're creating new AI or models, you need a scientist who can actually do that work.

[rxm233]

In either case you can hire people to build and ship. But should the CTO also be one of those people?

[sergiotapia]

If you're starting out and you're just two dudes, why wouldn't the CTO be a builder? If the CTO is just managing, who exactly would he be managing the first year?

[rxm233]

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that I was talking about an early stage startup. If anything, I mean a 50+ person company. I agree if it's 2 people, you probably want someone to be shipping stuff all the time.