ben spector

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Ben Spector is a co-founder of Flappy Airplanes, an AI lab focused on data-efficient models. He spent 3 years in a PhD working on low-level GPU systems and mega-kernels, and previously helped start the Prod incubator.

1 call·1 name·100% bull·last heard 3 months ago·Sequoia Capital
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Flappy Airplanes founders argue data efficiency is the true AI bottleneck, not compute

Data efficiency, not compute, is the limiting factor for deploying AI across the broader economy; Flappy builds new GPU-level systems and algorithms to achieve 1000x data efficiency gains, unlocking AI for data-scarce domains like robotics, trading, and scientific discovery.

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HIGHben spector·Sequoia Capital·3 months ago· position
Flappy Airplanes founders argue data efficiency is the true AI bottleneck, not compute
Data efficiency, not compute, is the limiting factor for deploying AI across the broader economy; Flappy builds new GPU-level systems and algorithms to achieve 1000x data efficiency gains, unlocking AI for data-scarce domains like robotics, trading, and scientific discovery.
"first of all, data efficiency. If you care about the shape of the world to come, if you care about the broad deployment of AI into the economy, you should care about making models…"
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