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With all the advancements in ML, there's a new set of lowest hanging fruit, and it's incredibly exciting.
by ericd 7y ago
With all the advancements in ML, there's a new set of lowest hanging fruit, and it's incredibly exciting.
- pier25 7y agoI'm not an expert, but I imagine that the companies working on those easier problems already started a couple of years ago. Hard problems like self driving cars and natural language interfaces are way beyond the capabilities of a small startup.
- ericd 7y agoCruise was a small startup that got at least basic self driving working before they sold to GM. IIRC it was <10 people when I rode in one of their converted Audis. Lots of startups are working on NLP. I wouldn't be so pessimistic.
- pier25 7y agoCruise was founded about 5 years ago which is what I was saying on my previous comment.
- ericd 7y agoAlright, there was a startup doing self driving trucks in YC this batch. It’s far from a solved problem, and scrappy teams can still make headway. But anyway, the point is that there are a lot of new opportunities opening up because of that new enabling tech, and many of them are accessible to small companies.