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Apr 2021
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Opendoor’s Ian Wong on Disrupting the Re...

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Ian Wong, co-founder and CTO of Opendoor, discusses how Opendoor uses data and machine learning to streamline the process of buying and selling your home, disrupting an entire industry. 
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