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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
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Insight
Segala: Data science challenges across different industry verticals are fundamentally identical
“So when you look at data science in general, Across any vertical, doesn't matter, you can pick a vertical, the problems or the challenges, they don't like when you say problems, the challenges that we're solving are unanimous, right? If you're looking at healt…”
Assertion Contradicted
Segala: SFL Scientific's ML suite got Stanford client FDA approval
“So they basically hired us to build out this entire suite of AI machine learning product solutions, and we did that, and it actually got them through FDA regulations, right?”
Insight
Segala: Most clients lack understanding to scope AI projects accurately
“To be honest, most clients, Aren't informed enough to understand the true scope of the project.”
Disclosure
Segala: One client accounts for over 20% of SFL Scientific's revenue
“There is, and that's dangerous.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Segala: Knowledge graphs will revolutionize all fields in next few years
“Building these large graphs of information and knowledge that will completely revolutionize all fields in a very, you know, in the next few years.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Segala: SFL Scientific started with about $2,000
“I think all in, we were about 2000 dollars, which is pretty incredible.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Segala: SFL Scientific quadrupled its revenue in 2016
“We quadrupled from 2015, we quadrupled revenue, and this year we hope to quadruple revenue again.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Segala: SFL Scientific has never had a customer churn or cut contracts
“So the beautiful thing is, not to say it will never happen, so we've never had a customer leave us yet, or cut us.”
Disclosure
SFL Scientific is building AI for cancer detection and 3D organ printing
“Health, for sure. We're doing some phenomenal work. I mean, from things like detecting cancer in images to actually taking reconstructed organs that we are able to detect in our algorithms, grow those organs in a kind of three-D printing environment, and then …”
Assertion Supported
Segala: SFL Scientific founding team are all particle physics PhDs
“So our background, at least from the founding team, we were all particle physicists doing our PhDs in very kind of cutting edge R&D space.”
Disclosure
Segala: SFL Scientific is completely bootstrapped
“We're completely bootstrapped.”
Disclosure
SFL Scientific's starting client contracts range from $50,000 to over $100,000
“High five figure, low six figures is usually the typical kind of starting point for clients.”
Disclosure
Segala: SFL Scientific generated low six figures in first-year revenue
“It was in the low six figures, which was enough to support the three founders.”
Disclosure
Segala: SFL Scientific co-founders split equity 34-33-33
“Well, I took an extra percentage point, but we split it. 33, 33, 34.”