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jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

'We charged $100 a month for an AI that was really just two guys surviving on pizza' says the co-founder of a company now valued at $1 billion

"We'd manually dial in as 'Fred from Fireflies.ai'", Udotong continues. "We'd sit there silently, take detailed notes, and send them 10 minutes later."

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/usd1-billion-ai-company-co-founder-admits-that-its-usd100-a-month-transcription-service-was-originally-two-guys-surviving-on-pizza-and-typing-out-notes-by-hand/

#ai #bubble #fraud

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Dane Deasy
@danedeasy@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@jbz so they committed fraud?

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Annelies Kamran, Ph.D.
@akamran@indieweb.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@jbz that was then. I bet now it's a thousand people surviving on samosas.

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