Q Again, so, so a guy like you, I believe is driven by like, where can I learn the most, right? So you sense that maybe you're learning and plateaued for some reason at MTEL, you sell it. Now you're integrating at Aspen. Is that the case? And why did it plateau? What pivot would you had to make if you stayed, if you stayed private?
A Great question. Yeah, I learned a lot about IoT. It was really machine learning for machines, heavy industry. Wasn't my background. My co-founder, Paul, was the mechanical engineer. So for me, it was a fascinating vertical play for machine learning, and so I definitely learned a ton about that industry and, and the ability to have an impact in terms of stopping these environmental spills and catastrophes, I felt like was great. But yeah, I mean, after a decade, I think My interest was now, um, artificial general intelligence and the really the next big evolution and maybe other verticals and industries to apply it. And so it was partly that kind of curiosity as you alluded to that made me ready to move on.
AI assessment note: “it was partly that kind of curiosity as you alluded to that made me ready”