Rima Al-Sheikh explains how Begin AI's on-device machine learning architecture justifies its $10M valuation to Nathan Latka.
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“We're really taking it to a whole new, you know, level by doing all the processing on devices. And that basically eliminates a year from the timeline of production for companies.”
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