But Jev established the branding and investors are betting that Jev will be acquired by one of the big labs soon - and if they aren't, the money itself can create a positive outcome by allowing Jev to hire incredible talent and scale the company rapidly.

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Oras 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Rapidly? Their 2 years of stealth was replicated in 2 weeks.

I give it to them for creating the hype (good marketing), and for making a useful classifier. Not sure what they would scale rapidly though.

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rsalus an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I feel like half the game now is marketing though, so I can see why they'd be attractive to an investor. Maybe if they scale they can come up with something.

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tiborsaas 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can replicate any fitness app in no time and you will make close to $0. Brand recognition matters a lot.

	▲	throwaway7783 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		100%. Product finesse + Marketing is now the "moat".

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brink an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Either the investors know something we don't, or the market is irrational.

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ModernMech an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s the classic SV flip. You scale your investors, your executive team, your sales people, hire a bunch of engineering you don’t need, then sell the company. The company’s product doesn’t matter, the company is the product.

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mococa an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> Their 2 years of stealth was replicated in 2 weeks.

Actually they stolen the idea from a paper.

	▲	shdh 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So did Oracle with relational databases by that logic

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qsod 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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