> a new kind of AI R&D lab which creates practical end-user products based on foundational research breakthroughs
This isn't new and if anything it's the de facto standard for just about every AI research lab these days. OpenAI is the obvious example of an AI lab with tightly coupled product and research roadmaps and ChatGPT is the most prominent example of a successful research-driven AI product. A few years ago it could be argued that DeepMind and (fka) FAIR were siloed off from their respective orgs, but these days they are littered with product teams and their research roadmaps reflect this influence as well.
They do try to claim that what they are doing is different from OpenAI because they are focused on applications of AI whereas OpenAI is focused on building AGI, which is a laughable mischaracterization of OpenAI's current roadmap. I personally have a hard time believing that path to AGI runs through the GPT store.
Accomplished researchers in AI can fundraise on their reputations alone, and Jeremy is no exception. The primary differentiator of any new startup in this space is the caliber of its researchers and engineers. But this post is really grasping at straws to claim that their value is from some new approach to R&D, which is a totally unnecessary framing.
This isn't new and if anything it's the de facto standard for just about every AI research lab these days. OpenAI is the obvious example of an AI lab with tightly coupled product and research roadmaps and ChatGPT is the most prominent example of a successful research-driven AI product. A few years ago it could be argued that DeepMind and (fka) FAIR were siloed off from their respective orgs, but these days they are littered with product teams and their research roadmaps reflect this influence as well.
They do try to claim that what they are doing is different from OpenAI because they are focused on applications of AI whereas OpenAI is focused on building AGI, which is a laughable mischaracterization of OpenAI's current roadmap. I personally have a hard time believing that path to AGI runs through the GPT store.
Accomplished researchers in AI can fundraise on their reputations alone, and Jeremy is no exception. The primary differentiator of any new startup in this space is the caliber of its researchers and engineers. But this post is really grasping at straws to claim that their value is from some new approach to R&D, which is a totally unnecessary framing.