# Google, Shopify..."Stay Away From The Badge Hunters": The Hiring Rule That Built Public.com

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Podcast: [TruthWorks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/truthworks-6820723)
Published: 2026-07-07T13:00:00+00:00
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Everything breaks in a startup. Culture is what kicks in when it does. Leif Abraham and Jannick Malling are the co-founders and co-CEOs of Public, the agentic brokerage putting AI agents to work directly inside your portfolio. They started in late 2019 by bringing their two former teams back together, and have since watched every market cycle twice: from launch, to the GameStop chaos of January 2021, to the AI shift they're now building on top of. In this episode, they sit down with Jessica...

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