India, March 19 -- The married couple behind a Y Combinator-backed AI startup has announced that they are "separating romantically" but will continue to work together as co-founders. Marie Schneegans and Michael Fester are the duo behind 14.ai, which calls itself "the world's first AI-native customer service agency". In a post shared on LinkedIn yesterday, Schneegans announced that she and her husband are splitting up but remain "best friends and co-founders".

The two had met 10 years ago in Paris, according to a TechCrunch report. They moved to the United States after Michael Fester startup Snips was acquired in 2019.

"Michael and I are separating romantically," Marie Schneegans, 33, said in her LinkedIn post. The Switzerland-born entr...