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But I really wonder how many of these founders can convincingly explain in 5 minutes how gradient descent or transformers work. I know that's the first type of
by cornholio 4y ago
But I really wonder how many of these founders can convincingly explain in 5 minutes how gradient descent or transformers work. I know that's the first type of question I would ask any founder of an AI company before investing.
- palata 4y agoDo VCs understand that? Do they care? My feeling is that they want to see a projected growth that looks like an exponential, and buzzwords.
- admissionsguy 4y agoThe typical thinking among businesspeople is that you can always "hire a nerd" for those things. The early YC was a departure from that with PG praising technical prowess in his essays so much. It would seem this mindset has much less sway now.
- mmmmmbop 4y agoThe combination of gradient descent and transformers is a weird choice to ask founders about. One is an almost trivial algorithm, whereas the other is a cutting-edge research result.