STARTUPS - AI Dynamics

Some thoughts on how the actual market for competitive OSS models is manifesting via endpoints from @togethercompute
, @anyscalecompute
, @perplexity_ai
, and so on for Mixtral 8x7B—which is about as performant as GPT-3.5 Turbo on some benchmarks.

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16 December 2023

Mistral co-founders shaped by FAIR-Paris open research culture

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@ylecun

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16 December 2023 14h59

Two of the three co-founders of Mistral did their PhD in residence at FAIR-Paris and worked there as research scientists for a few years before founding Mistral.
They were bathed in the open research culture of FAIR.

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16 December 2023

Startup Profitability Reality: VC Market Trends Analysis

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@tunguz

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16 December 2023 14h12

Thanks, a very good article. Gives me more perspective on the way VC works. BTW, do you have any information on actual profitability of startups that have been founded over the past 20 years? I have an impression that the vast majority are not doing all too well.

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16 December 2023

Venture Firm Collapse Triggers Startup Investor Layoff Fears

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@bamitav

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16 December 2023 6h00

A Venture Firm’s Collapse Stokes Layoff Fears Among Startup Investors! https://
theinformation.com/articles/a-ven
ture-firms-collapse-stokes-layoff-fears-among-startup-investors
… #startup #startups #Entrepreneur #Unicorn #StartupIndia #Entrepreneurship #SiliconValley #startupspace #StartupNews #LeanStartup #business #bot #MSMEs #MakeInIndia #StartupIdeas #RT

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16 December 2023

Small Team Building AI: Three Full-Time Members Plus Contractors

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@mreflow

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15 December 2023 23h09

Very small team. 3 of us full-time and a few contractors. 🙂

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15 December 2023

Visiting tldraw offices: Impressive team building momentum

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@fofrai

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15 December 2023 22h37

I had a lot of fun hanging out at the @tldraw offices yesterday. These folks are smashing it 🔥 https://t.co/oX6bXp3HSz
— fofr (@fofrAI) 15 décembre 2023

I had a lot of fun hanging out at the @tldraw offices yesterday. These folks are smashing it

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15 December 2023

OpenAI-Powered Grok Plush Toy Launches at $99 Price Point

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@martyswant

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15 December 2023 21h41

Just in time for the holidays, @CurioBeta has a new plush toy for kids called Grok — featuring the voice of @Grimezsz and AI from @OpenAI
. At $99, it's 3x what people paid for Tickle Me Elmo and Furbie back in the '90s.

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15 December 2023