20 | founder @tryomenai | The cooling sommelier
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I dropped out of high school at 17 to build my first startup.
Now, at 20, I'm thrilled to share that @TryOmenAI has raised $41.5M in total funding to build intelligence protecting the world's most critical AI compute infrastructure.
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Fun podcast to do. Thanks @julianweisser for having me on and letting me tell our story.
The wrong co-founder leaves you 50% as good as you could be.
@FounderLaberge never had a co-founder.
Instead, he taught himself spectroscopy and raised $41.5M to put sensors inside Al data centers (at 20).
Solo Founders Podcast ep 25 is live with Zach Laberge of @TryOmenAI.
16:51 Shutting down his first company at 18
22:05 $3M raised in three days
26:11 Engines don't break - hydraulics do
33:51 "You're an idiot": six months early on data centers
37:55 Solo by default
45:13 The greatest fundraising market in history
52:58 The bear case for solo founding
59:05 Why no co-founder made him 10x better
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Liquid-cooled data centers are starting to see issues with water-based coolants becoming contaminated and degrading nearby infrastructure.
"Normally it's a water-based fluid with some sort of mixture of either ethylene glycol or propylene glycol. You're seeing a big shift toward safer fluids — propylene glycol is preferred, since it's less toxic."
"A bunch of different things can happen in the system. You see a lot of basic infrastructure wear. So when your pumps and seals wear, all of that stuff starts to contaminate the liquid itself."
"What also happens is the more heat [there is], the more the fluid starts to break down. So you go from this very nice, high concentration of glycol to water."
"Then that starts to degrade and you start to get biogrowth, and other crap that gets in there. And that starts to eat your chips and sit in your pipes."
@founderlaberge explains:
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Big show today:
- @TThompson (NBA Champion)
- @FounderLaberge (Omen)
- @robertwachen (Etched)
- @erenbali (Monogram)
- @LarsenJensenUSA (Harpoon)
- @oasisrick (Oasis)
- @andrew__rea (Taxwire)
- @im_manderson (Framework)
- @IanRountree & @grant__gregory (Cantos)
See you soon.
Etched Founder Joins, AI Creates Jobs, It's OVER for Peptides, Tristan Thompson in the Ultradome, Grant and Ian from Cantos IRL nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1qKVmmOEP…
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Zachary Laberge retweeted
Having known Zach before his last startup (which is weird to say because he was 15), I can assure you he is one of the highest slope founders we’ve ever met @640oxford. Incredibly lucky and fortunate to have been on this journey with him since day zero.
I dropped out of high school at 17 to build my first startup.
Now, at 20, I'm thrilled to share that @TryOmenAI has raised $41.5M in total funding to build intelligence protecting the world's most critical AI compute infrastructure.
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Zachary Laberge retweeted
I’m very fortunate to have been the first believer and investor in Zach and Omen AI. It was obvious from our first conversation that he was special.
We initially met when he was a scrappy high school dropout, building his first company in Canada. He was an obsessive builder tackling ambitious problems. Not much has changed. I’m excited to have been involved since day one.
Congratulations to Zach and the entire Omen AI team!
I dropped out of high school at 17 to build my first startup.
Now, at 20, I'm thrilled to share that @TryOmenAI has raised $41.5M in total funding to build intelligence protecting the world's most critical AI compute infrastructure.
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Zachary Laberge retweeted
Congrats to Zach and the team @TryOmenAI on this next milestone!!
When I first met Zach in July 2024, I was talking with a high school dropout obsessed with the unsexy businesses most founders overlooked. Zach is one of those people who you meet and get a sense that greatness is inevitable. Keep going Zach!!
I dropped out of high school at 17 to build my first startup.
Now, at 20, I'm thrilled to share that @TryOmenAI has raised $41.5M in total funding to build intelligence protecting the world's most critical AI compute infrastructure.
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Zachary Laberge retweeted
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I dropped out of high school at 17 to build my first startup.
Now, at 20, I'm thrilled to share that @TryOmenAI has raised $41.5M in total funding to build intelligence protecting the world's most critical AI compute infrastructure.
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Zachary Laberge retweeted
HUGE congrats to Zach & the Omen team for @hardlaunching $41.5M in total funding to build intelligence to protect the world's most critical AI compute infra from data centers to industrial machines
We've had a blast supporting video, design, socials & more. Here's a launch BTS:
I dropped out of high school at 17 to build my first startup.
Now, at 20, I'm thrilled to share that @TryOmenAI has raised $41.5M in total funding to build intelligence protecting the world's most critical AI compute infrastructure.
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I dropped out of high school at 17 to build my first startup.
Now, at 20, I'm thrilled to share that @TryOmenAI has raised $41.5M in total funding to build intelligence protecting the world's most critical AI compute infrastructure.
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Thank you to our amazing investors for believing in me and @TryOmenAI.
@CRV @geniusventures @fcmartignetti @caitlinbolnick1 @cory
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Zachary Laberge retweeted
2025 recap:
>started @gru_space at 21
>raised from the people who backed SpaceX, Anduril, and more
>got into YC, youngest space solo founder
>graduated year early from Berkeley EECS
>published at the world’s largest space conf
>moved into my first office & dream hardware lab
>building my life’s work
2026:
>coming soon
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Zachary Laberge retweeted
your data system is behind.
if you’re still relying on LinkedIn updates like “stealth startup” to spot talent, you’re already too late.
we’ve built the most powerful tool in private markets to spot people and patterns others can’t.
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For any Canadian who’s applying for their O1 or received their petition approval. Happy to chat through with you, got some good learnings that would of definitely saved me some stress and headache the first go round!
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Zachary Laberge retweeted
Private markets shouldn't be a guessing game
Welcome to Aviato
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