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Flomenberg: Competing directly against Google in AI is a terrible strategy

Jake Flomenberg · Venture Capital Investor Panel: Investing in Big Data (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark) · Sep 30, 2016 · at 18:07

Jake Flomenberg, partner at Accel, warns venture-backed startups against trying to compete head-to-head with tech giants on artificial intelligence talent and models.

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“Competing with Google is, is a terrible idea.”

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