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Startups

Crafting a Successful Startup: A Blueprint for Success

But this example is eerily similar to the pitch many startup founders make to potential investors. For a startup, the “finished house” isn’t bricks, mortar, and those cool USB power sockets, but it’s built with milestones and achievements. These are the “rooms” and “fixtures” investors are looking to find in the startup house. The journey of building a startup is an adventure filled with unexpected twists and turns, much like the construction of a dream home. That’s startup life: You roll with the punches.

Zara Khan
February 19, 2024

Enterprise, Robotics & AI

“Duolingo Embraces AI: Cuts 10% of Contractor Workforce”

Duolingo is the latest company to cite AI as a reason for job cuts. The company confirmed it cut around 10% of its contractor workforce at the end of 2023, as it turns to AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 to streamline content production and translations. “The reason [Duolingo] gave is that AI can come up with content and translations, alternative translations, and pretty much anything else translators did. Duolingo also has its own proprietary AI model, “Birdbrain” that personalizes lesson content. Understandably, both the contractors and Duolingo users were upset by the job cuts, as it adds to the ever-growing fear that AI will replace human workers.