Hoffman: Data overhead is the core struggle for non-big-tech AI companies
Auren Hoffman · Where Should Machines Go to Learn? // Auren Hoffman, SafeGraph (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Nov 20, 2017 · at 5:32
Auren Hoffman, CEO of SafeGraph, explains the structural advantage big tech companies possess over early-stage AI startups regarding data infrastructure and privacy resources.
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“So this is the course, the core struggle for almost every single company, except for maybe Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tencent, that has to deal with all these types of issues.”
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