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0 pointsalberth2y ago0 comments

Picks and shovels are tools.

But what “tools” are being sold for AI/ML?

- A model isn’t a tool, that’s a purpose built offering that can be used for 1 use case. Tools are by definition, intended to help with broad/general use cases.

- Hosting isn’t a tool, it’s a commodity and lots of cloud players already occupy that space.

Please don’t take my comments as trolling, I just geninuely don’t understand what exactly is being sold that is new or unique that doesn’t already exist.

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nemo44x2y ago

They have a suite of software you can use to power your own software. These are tools and no different than what database vendors, etc in terms of being software you use to build software. In addition there’s support and services.

I imagine they have big plans on how to expand and grow the business.

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