The product potential and the funding make it seem like this is a bunch of insider baseball going on here. This is something I feel I could build in a few month

The product potential and the funding make it seem like this is a bunch of insider baseball going on here. This is something I feel I could build in a few months, let alone require 20 people. Aside from all the jargon about these researchers, what's special? I'm not sure users actually care about some interesting insights some professors have because how does it manifest in the app? Color me skeptical.