- 1/ My latest for @forbes.com is a profile of a founder who holds outsized influence in the race to improve AI models and hates Silicon Valley culture. Edwin Chen on aliens and Eminem but also bootstrapping Surge AI, why he'd never go public and the future of AI: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
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- 2/ Surge has grown quickly and is profitable, but in a rapidly changing and competitive industry, that doesn't mean it's a clear path ahead. www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
- 3/ “If Surge didn’t exist, what would Edwin do for fun? He’d probably make data and train AI," says Surge AI head of product Nick Heiner. "It just happens to be a lucrative thing." Lucrative = there'll be competition. And no one minces words in this space: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...