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Jul 27
47m 13s

Applied Intuition: A Billion Intelligent...

Colossus | Investing & Business Podcasts
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Today, we are breaking down Applied Intuition. Our guests are co-founders Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig, who started the company in 2017 with a mission to make a billion machines intelligent. The simplest way to understand Applied Intuition is that it builds the brains for machines, and the tools other companies use to build those brains. If a manufacture ... Show More
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