Need Advise - VC backed early stage AI start up or Stay in Banking

Like the title suggests, I realize AI is very frothy right now but I feel like its impact on the work is definitely in the early innings. Don’t particularly enjoy banking, always considered it a steppingstone anyway but I recognize the risk of jumping ship to an early stage company. For context, A2 at a BB

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Can't really give you much advice without more context.

Do you even have an offer or is this completely hypothetical?

What role are you targeting?

How early are we talking? pre-rev? 

What are you solving for in the next 2yrs of your career?

What types of problems do you enjoy working on?

 
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