Magnus Müller works around-the-clock, including Saturdays and Sundays. Sometimes that might mean starting at 7am and continuing until he goes to sleep at midnight or 1am. The co-founder and chief executive of AI start-up Browser Use lives with five others in a co-living space known as a “hacker house” in San Francisco’s upscale Marina neighbourhood. This living situation allows his team to convene around a whiteboard at 1am to work out new ideas for AI agents.

Müller and his team work “996”, a term popularised in China that refers to a rigid work schedule in which people work from 9am to 9pm six days a week. Müller said his company doesn’t keep track of each person’s working time, and he regularly takes breaks to do other things such as walk through the woods to clear his mind. He wants

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