Hasan Sukkar has announced he’s stepping down as CEO of the hyped AI sales agent startup 11x.
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May 5, 2025
AI startup 11x CEO steps down
Founder Hasan Sukkar says he’s not the right person to scale the agentic AI startup
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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