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Jeremy Howard on Building 5,000 AI Products with 14 People (Answer AI Deep-Dive)
What happens when you try to build the “General Electric of AI” with just 14 people? In this episode, Jeremy Howard reveals the radical inside story of Answer AI — a new kind of AI R&D lab that’s not chasing AGI, but instead aims to ship thousands of real-world products, all while staying tiny, open, and mission-driven.
Jeremy shares how open-source models like DeepSeek and Qwen are quietly outpacing closed-source giants, why the best new AI is coming out of China. You’ll hear the surprising truth about the so-called “DeepSeek moment,” why efficiency and cost are the real battlegrounds in AI…
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