Gen Z Tech Founder Defends High Stress and ‘No Work-Life Balance’ for Staff [Video]

A social-media post by a 23-year-old tech founder has sparked viral debate about work-life balance and startup culture.

Daksh Gupta, who lives in San Francisco, is the founder of Greptile—a company that builds tools to help software firms detect bugs with AI. Recently, he shared an unfiltered look at his company’s intense work environment on X (formerly Twitter), outlining the rigorous expectations he sets for his employees.

Gupta said that he knows he wants a certain type of candidate to thrive in his business. “I want to only hire people who specifically want this intensity and won’t just tolerate it,” he told Newsweek. He said that many of his hires come from Big Tech firms where he said they were “underworked and bored.”

In his post, Gupta said that, during interviews, he makes it clear that Greptile offers “no work-life balance.” He described a typical workday at the company …