Duderstadt: Nomic AI hires full-time staff to work on llama.cpp
Brandon Duderstadt · How Nomic AI Is Driving The Open Source Revolution · Feb 1, 2024 · at 15:19
Brandon Duderstadt is the CEO and co-founder of Nomic AI. He describes Nomic AI's direct resource allocations to key open-source projects like llama.cpp.
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“We've been able to actually, like, bring staff on full time to work on things like improving lawless CPP.”
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