Oscar Brisset, a 25-year-old French-Australian founder based in San Francisco, has transitioned from a consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to the co-founder of Remy AI, a warehouse robotics startup. In November 2025, Brisset officially resigned from BCG after successfully launching his company and securing over $650,000 in funding. The journey began in 2022 when Brisset graduated from the University of Oxford. Inspired by the release of GPT-3, he recognized the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and decided to pursue entrepreneurship rather than his original career goal of becoming a diplomat. To gain broader industry insights before founding a tech company, Brisset joined BCG's private equity team in September 2023. The role was demanding, often requiring long hours in the office until midnight. Despite the grueling schedule, Brisset dedicated his weekends to teaching himself coding. He leveraged large language models like Claude and ChatGPT, using them to guide his learning through leading questions rather than direct answers. He supplemented these interactions with YouTube tutorials and academic textbooks to build a strong theoretical foundation. After about a year and a half at BCG, Brisset transitioned internally to a role as an AI engineer. However, a personal crisis in May led him to reevaluate his life's direction. During that summer, he collaborated with his co-founder, Ben Kaye, to develop the concept for Remy AI. The company focuses on bringing AI into the physical world, specifically targeting e-commerce warehouses and logistics. Unlike existing warehouse robots that require pre-programming for every specific object they grasp, Remy AI's model allows robots to adapt to changing conditions in real time. With a concrete idea in hand, Brisset shifted his focus from learning to business development. Starting in July, he spent his weekends networking on LinkedIn to find customers and partners. By October, he and Kaye traveled to San Francisco to pursue funding. They aggressively pitched to investors and applied to the Y Combinator (YC) accelerator program. Their efforts paid off when they received an invitation to join the Winter 2026 batch. YC invests $500,000 in each participating startup, and combined with funds raised from other investors, this provided the necessary capital for Brisset to leave his job at BCG in November and focus entirely on building Remy AI. Brisset emphasizes that aspiring founders should not be intimidated by the technical barriers of software engineering. He notes that the landscape has changed significantly with the advent of large language models, which can accelerate the learning process. According to Brisset, individuals with a non-technical background can achieve a proficient level of coding capability quickly by utilizing these tools and immersing themselves in practical projects. His story serves as a testament to the feasibility of acquiring technical skills and building a successful startup while maintaining a traditional career, provided one is willing to invest time and effort during off-hours. Business Insider has verified both Brisset's employment history and the funding details of Remy AI.