Recorded at Index Ventures London - Investors in Multiverse

The Billion-Dollar Fix for Skills | Euan Blair on AI, Hiring & the Future of Work

In this episode of Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, Multiverse CEO Euan Blair shares what it really takes to build a billion-dollar startup - and how AI is forcing a total rethink of education, hiring, and skills.

We cover:

🚀 Hypergrowth lessons from founding Multiverse

🧠 The AI skills revolution reshaping the workforce

🇺🇸 Why expanding to the US nearly broke them

💼 Why remote work might be failing young people

📈 The future of in-person collaboration, self-management, and hiring with a founder mentality

This is for anyone thinking about the future of work, leadership, and how to build a generation-ready company.

👇 Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:20 The Wild Start: Incorporating Multiverse

02:33 Hiring for Hypergrowth: Generalists vs. Specialists

03:42 Regulated Markets & How to Break Into Them

06:59 AI + Data Literacy = The New Career Superpowers

09:02 From Seed to Scale: Raising Serious VC Money

11:54 Breaking America: Lessons from US Expansion

17:43 AI Is Changing Everything — Are We Ready?

30:37 Why Remote Work Isn’t Working for Grads

31:01 Multiverse's Hybrid Work Policy Explained

31:26 The Human Side of AI and Tech at Work

31:50 Bureaucracy vs. Agility: How to Lead Through It

32:33 13 Skills You’ll Actually Need in the AI Era

33:42 Self-Management: The Skill Schools Forgot

34:52 Context Is Everything: Why Skills Alone Aren’t Enough

38:37 Breaking into Europe: The Next Move

41:32 What Great Investors Actually Do

43:17 Why Founders Hire Other Founders

45:43 Final Thoughts: Training a Workforce for the Future

46:11 Quickfire: Books, Mentors, Mistakes & More

46:53 Balancing Family and Building a Unicorn

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