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Francois Chollet is leaving Google

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377 points xnx | 1 comments | 13 Nov 24 22:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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geor9e ◴[14 Nov 24 00:52 UTC] No.42131955[source]▶
If I were to speculate, I would guess he quit Google. 2 days ago, his $1+ million Artificial General Intelligence competition ended. Chollet is now judging the submissions and will announce the winners in a few weeks. The timing there can't be a coincidence.
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paxys ◴[14 Nov 24 01:14 UTC] No.42132119[source]▶
More generally, there is unlimited opportunity in the AI space today, especially for someone of his stature, and staying tied to Google probably isn't as enticing. He can walk into any VC office and raise a hundred million dollars by the end of the day to build whatever he wants.
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hiddencost ◴[14 Nov 24 03:43 UTC] No.42132971[source]▶
$100M isn't enough capital for an AI startup that's training foundation models, sadly.

A ton of folks of similar stature who raised that much burnt it within two years and took mediocre exits.

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1. versteegen ◴[14 Nov 24 09:51 UTC] No.42134587[source]▶
Chollet is a leading skeptic of the generality of LLMs (see arcprize.org). He surely isn't doing a startup to train another one.