Seeing this makes me want to get back to build a hardware company. So much respect and love for hardware and people making physical things come to life.
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Supporting Founders and Developers in the Tech Ecosystem
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Founders and developers are in many cases our own friends, former colleagues, or just like minded builders. These are people who we all unequivocally want to see be successful in what they are building.
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OpenAI API Empowers Developers and Founders to Build Amazing Products
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The whole reason @OpenAI has an API is to enable the amazing developers / founders all over the world to build products people love. We are going to keep making ChatGPT and our API better (we have a long way to go), but there has never been a better time to be a founder / dev.
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ElevenLabs Achieves $1 Billion Valuation in Funding Round
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Looks like @CallumBurroughs and @r1ddhi @TechInsider confirmed my scoop on ElevenLabs $1b+ valuation from last night. Supervised readers, you heard it first! 🙂
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Open Source AI Accelerator Launched at Station F
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Open source AI is the way to go! Proud to see @huggingface
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Open Source AI Acceleration Program Launches at Station F
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L’IA open source est la voie à suivre ! Je suis fier de voir @huggingface
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AI and EdgeAI Shape Canada’s Hardware Ecosystem Future
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Join us today at @ventureLABca
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Open LLMs Require Accessible Platforms Beyond Major Tech Giants
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Open Source AI Emerges as Counterweight to Proprietary Systems
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01.ai Embraces Open Source Despite For-Profit Model
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Not suggesting he did/should. http://
01.ai is for profit, but we embrace open source.
