Misra: Captions can build better video models than frontier AI labs
Gaurav Misra · From Selfie to Studio: Captions CEO on AI Video for 10M Creators · Feb 20, 2025 · at 42:40
Gaurav Misra is the CEO of Captions, an AI video creation platform. He explains why Captions can compete directly with frontier AI labs on video generation models.
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“We are making the unique bet to say that we can actually build a better model than they can because of our unique data sets.”
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