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Travis Kalanick advises AI focus over app stores

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Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Uber and current head of the industrial-AI company Atoms, shared his pitch to a Stanford CS graduate concerned about the future. Kalanick advised the graduate to bypass traditional app store development and focus instead on building foundational AI models. AI

IMPACT Suggests a shift in focus for aspiring developers towards foundational AI model development over traditional app creation.

RANK_REASON Commentary from a notable figure in tech about career advice in AI.

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Travis Kalanick advises AI focus over app stores

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Travis Kalanick's actual pitch to a scared Stanford CS grad: skip the app store Travis Kalanick (Uber co-founder, now running an industrial-AI company called

    🤖 Travis Kalanick's actual pitch to a scared Stanford CS grad: skip the app store Travis Kalanick (Uber co-founder, now running an industrial-AI company called Atoms) got asked a pretty direct question on a recent podcast: how would you pitch a Stanford CS new grad who's worried.…

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