Reyes: AI real-time translation enables non-English speakers to pitch US VCs
Ricardo Michel Reyes · 550 Million People, One Language, Zero Access to Venture Capital · Aug 15, 2023 · at 24:11
Ricardo Michel Reyes, CSO of Aite and chairman at Billion Neurons, discusses how generative AI tools can eliminate language and network barriers for founders in Latin America.
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“And nowadays Skype has real-time audio translation, so then you can talk to a VC phone in California in Spanish, and the other person will hear it in English because of Generative AI, and you don't even need to know English to pitch, and this will open a lot of doors for a lot of people that wouldn't have access”
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