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If that's true then why hasn't Canada managed to produce a credible competitor already? What are they missing? Will the opportunity to win domestic government c
by nradov 4mo ago
If that's true then why hasn't Canada managed to produce a credible competitor already? What are they missing? Will the opportunity to win domestic government contracts change that situation or are there other obstacles?
- gloryjulio 4mo agoCanada do have an ai company Cohere that has potential to be big. Personally I do think they are one of the credible competitors.
- maxdo 4mo agoare you seriously believe in that? when was last time they produced a model, that is at least in top 20?
- mitthrowaway2 4mo agoRemind me which of Palantir's models would it be competing with?
- gloryjulio 4mo agoI think they are in b2b enterprise model space. Privacy is way more important. Not sure if Sota models are needed.
- dreambuffer 4mo agoYou know Palantir is not an LLM company, right? Their core product is just data integration systems.
- maxdo 4mo agoit is not an llm company, but it's part of independent ecosystem. one of two. canada is not part of it. it's part of very dependent ecosystem. isn't that 2+2?
- maximilianburke 4mo agoBecause govtech is notoriously difficult to break in to.
- nradov 4mo agoHow did Palantir break in? What's preventing a Canadian competitor from doing the same?
- bigyabai 4mo ago> How did Palantir break in? Peter Thiel abusing government backchannels. > What's preventing a Canadian competitor from doing the same? A lack of access to corrupt government backchannels.
- bluefirebrand 4mo agoLack of investment probably. No one is investing in Canadian companies. A stupid amount of Canadian investment is in America or overseas, very little is domestic
- mieses 4mo agoCanada should make some rules to fix the lack of investment. If Canadians were not allowed to invest in American companies the problem would be solved.
- maximilianburke 4mo agoTime, money, and size. Government procurement takes a lot of time to see through to completion; Palantir is not a new company, they're over 20 years old now. To succeed you also need money for lobbyists; regardless of what you feel of them they are a necessary part of the system. Also at the government level, especially at the level of federal governments, you are competing with Oracle, IBM, and other similarly large companies which is difficult to do if you are a new, small company.
- maxdo 4mo agowe are talking about LLM+hardware. You as canada have only two options: 1) use closed sourced systems 2) use chinese models, with their own risks 3) hardware, i think it's clear. Cohere is not even in the list of top competitors .