Laid off from eBay, this founder built 27 AI agents to run her marketing business

When Linara Bozieva, founder of Ravenopous, lost her job at eBay after over 10 years with the company, she faced a difficult period. She had recently moved from Switzerland to the United States with her family, and the tech industry was going through major layoffs.

Instead of searching endlessly for another corporate role, the 39-year-old decided to build something herself, reported Business Insider. A few months after the layoff in 2024, Bozieva launched Ravenopous, a marketing agency based in San Jose. But unlike traditional agencies, much of the work inside her company comes from artificial intelligence systems she built on her own.