The a16z Show

Building Agents at Home: Parenting, Work, and Benevolent Neglect

Episode Summary

Katherine Boyle and Sarah Wang speak with Jesse Genet, a startup founder and family builder, about building 11 AI agents while homeschooling four young children. Jesse runs agents across roles ranging from coding to curriculum planning to household management, and she shares how agent architecture, logging systems, and “benevolent neglect” parenting have changed her life as both a founder and a mother.

Episode Notes

Katherine Boyle and Sarah Wang speak with Jesse Genet, a self-proclaimed startup founder and family builder, about building 11 AI agents while homeschooling four young children. Jesse runs agents across roles ranging from coding to curriculum planning to household management, and she shares how agent architecture, logging systems, and “benevolent neglect” parenting have changed her life as both a founder and a mother.

 

Resources:

Follow Jesse Genet on X: https://twitter.com/jessegenet

Follow Katherine Boyle on X: https://twitter.com/KTmBoyle

Follow Sarah Wang on X: https://twitter.com/sarahdingwang