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Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

Outlasting Noam Shazeer, crowdsourcing Chai AI with >1.4m DAU, and becoming the "Western DeepSeek" — with William Beauchamp, Chai Research

Jan 26, 2025 · 1h 15m
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

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William Beauchamp
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