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Younis: Applied Intuition has never spent any raised venture capital
“Our claim to fame, which is kind of a crazy, you know, reality is we've never spent any money we've ever raised, you know, in the history of the company, which is kind of, it almost sounds like it's made up. It says that the company is almost 10 years old, you…”
Younis: Earliest robotics will upgrade existing hardware like cars and mining vehicles
“I think like the most obvious use cases that will come early are going to be use cases where you get the most amount of bang for buck. And the bang for buck is a car that drives itself or a mining robot, which is a mining vehicle, which is now intelligent. And…”
Younis: Public content distracts founders from product and customers
“Every minute you're doing a podcast, every minute you're doing an ex post, every minute you're writing something for public consumption. You're not focusing your very limited time that you have on your customers and your product. And ultimately that's the only…”
Younis: Understanding AI will quickly reveal its limitations and reduce anxiety
“The core root of fear is, is misunderstanding. And I think the, if you at home are very anxious about the impact of AI in some variant on your own job, the best thing that you can do is Spend time to understand it. And you will quickly see the limitations.”
Younis: Company values should derive from observed drivers of success
“The way you come up with the values is not like what values should we have? Like as philosophers, no, no, you should figure out why are we being successful? Like literally write down the five to 10 things that are the reasons you are being successful and those…”