„Standing on the shoulders of giants“ is a concept that’s essential to the startup world 🚀
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The metaphor itself is age-old (dating back to the 12th century), and can be translated to „make use of what came before you“. This can mean ideas, companies, failures, successes, learnings, …
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🌅 This morning, a came across an inspiring article by Niko Grupen on the Andreessen Horowitz blog: https://lnkd.in/gnYW22_s
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In a nutshell, young tech/AI-based startups will have a hard time building AI models that outperform the big players (OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft…) and oftentimes stand on the shoulders of giants by building augmentation infrastructure around existing AI models.
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It’s amazing that today there’s an infrastructure in place that makes it rather easy to piece together building blocks from various providers to design something new! The challenge for building a successful company then becomes how to augment existing things with new twists to build something unique.
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For example, at respeak, we are mixing existing AI models with deterministic approaches to build engaging, chat-based dialogs. We use these dialogs for more engaging surveys – but also for engaging quiz experiences. Ever wanted to solve a crime with your favorite detective? We can make that happen 🔎
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Now imagine the quiz experience would adapt to always provide the right skill-challenge balance for you. Image you could use this quiz to pick up new concepts, and have an accelerate, motivating learning experience.
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👉 I’m curious, have you ever used a system that does just that?