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AI Summary
- Chai Research (founded by former hedge fund traders) hit 1.4M DAU and >$22M revenue, outlasting Noam Shazeer's Character AI through superior engineering and crowdsourced model development
- Launched Chaiverse platform reducing A/B testing cycles from 3-4 weeks to 3-4 hours, deploying 100+ models weekly with tiny but highly skilled engineering team
- Positioned as 'Western DeepSeek'—profitable consumer AI business with cracked engineering and effective product-market fit despite low salaries
Guests on This Episode
WB
William Beauchamp
1 podcast appearance