Corgi CEO Enforces 7-Day Workweek After $2.6 Billion Funding Surge

1 articles · Updated · Entrepreneur · Jun 3

Nico Laqua said Corgi employees do not get regular weekends, and he sleeps about three hours a night on a mattress at the office.
The AI insurance startup’s CEO said a five-day week is incompatible with building a world-changing company, arguing hard problems in regulated finance require six or seven days of work.
Corgi has built the culture into hiring and retention: candidates do weekend work trials, the office is full on Saturdays, and Laqua says those deterred should not join.
The push comes weeks after Corgi reached unicorn status and then raised a Series B1 at a $2.6 billion valuation, underscoring investor backing for its rapid-growth model.
The approach is drawing debate in Silicon Valley, where 996-style schedules are spreading even as Linear CEO Karri Saarinen argued founders should not let startups become their entire identity.