34-year-old built a $1.3 billion business after working 100-hour weeks to keep it alive: I got there by 'going through hell'

Gecko Robotics' valuation has nearly doubled in less than two years, turning CEO Jake Loosararian's college engineering project into a billion-dollar business.
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This CEO Had $135 In the Bank When He Turned Down A Half Million Dollar Offer To Buy His Company –Today It's Worth $633 Million

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A famous line from Kenny Rogers' classic country song "The Gambler" says, "You got to know when to ...
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Founder of $633 million startup: True innovators share this crucial trait that most people don't have

To become successful, you might have to learn to take yourself less seriously and be willing to keep doing the work, even when times get tough. That's according to Jake Loosararian, the co-founder and ...
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Gecko Robotics is the doctor 'of the built world': CEO on infrastructure

Gecko Robotics Co-founder and CEO Jake Loosararian joins Asking for a Trend to outline his company's mission to revolutionize industrial inspection and maintenance. 2025 has notably been dubbed "the ...
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These wall-climbing, AI-powered robots are finding the flaws in 'D' grade U.S. infrastructure, from commuter bridges to military hardware

Gecko Robotics, named to the 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50 list, is using robots and AI to help inspect and identify issues at over 500,000 key pieces of infrastructure globally. From bridges to factories, ...
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34-year-old built a $1.3 billion business after working 100-hour weeks to keep it alive: I got there by ‘going through hell'

Jake Loosararian struggled for three years to get his artificial intelligence startup Gecko Robotics off the ground. He considered walking away, when a customer offered him $500,000 to buy the ...