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MSP329. Spin Cycle: The Machine Intelligence Unicorn With A Human Heart

We’re no strangers to flights of fantasy here. So, it makes a change to be explaining scams rather than apologizing for them. Or so Matt keeps telling Richard.

This week we look at the murky innards of a company that was, until recently, one of Silicon Valley’s billion-dollar unicorns. The LCNC (low-code no-code) app developer Builder.ai filed for bankruptcy in June after a turbulent year.

But this is no ordinary startup flare out. Amid allegations of fraud and questions over the efficacy of its core AI technologies, a huge question remains: how did Builder.ai persuade companies like…

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