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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Nefertiti on June 13, 2025, 12:49:57 AM

Title: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: Nefertiti on June 13, 2025, 12:49:57 AM

Mercor, an AI recruiting startup founded by 21-year-olds, raises $100M at $2B valuation
Tage Kene-Okafor 6:00 AM PST · February 20, 2025

(https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_9747_3d5c52.jpeg?resize=768,615)
CEO Brendan Foody, CTO Adarsh Hiremath, and COO Surya Midha, some of the youngest founders of a billion-dollar startup

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/mercor-an-ai-recruiting-startup-founded-by-21-year-olds-raises-100m-at-2b-valuation/

Title: Re: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: RV Pundit on June 13, 2025, 02:35:43 AM

You're absolutely right. Ndio maana I decided to do masters in AI.

Title: Re: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: Kadudu on June 13, 2025, 09:56:37 AM

Umewacha biashara ya kokoto?

Quote from: RV Pundit on June 13, 2025, 02:35:43 AM

You're absolutely right. Ndio maana I decided to do masters in AI.

Title: Re: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: RV Pundit on June 13, 2025, 10:36:17 AM

Online

Title: Re: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: Nefertiti on June 14, 2025, 12:06:41 PM

Quote from: RV Pundit on June 13, 2025, 02:35:43 AM

You're absolutely right. Ndio maana I decided to do masters in AI.

Papers are useless or for jobs. Raw skills and drive matter.

Title: Re: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: gout on June 14, 2025, 01:17:24 PM

Very ironic that Mercor is to help recruit human beings😁😁

Title: Re: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: RV Pundit on June 14, 2025, 06:35:29 PM

Say that with your PHd. This is not silicon valley. Or I just dive in? I last did AI in UON campus 20yrs plus ago. The course outline seem to be same - Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning

Quote from: Nefertiti on June 14, 2025, 12:06:41 PM

Papers are useless or for jobs. Raw skills and drive matter.

Title: Re: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: Nefertiti on June 15, 2025, 05:21:56 AM

PhD is for jobs - entrepreneurship is a different animal.

Rack up credibility by building real product - money follows. If you ran and sold a startup in the past that is a good start.

Kenya AI startups: SamaSource (data annotation), Apollo (agric), AIfluence (marketing) - have all raise millions of dollars.

Quote from: RV Pundit on June 14, 2025, 06:35:29 PM

Say that with your PHd. This is not silicon valley. Or I just dive in? I last did AI in UON campus 20yrs plus ago. The course outline seem to be same - Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning

Quote from: Nefertiti on June 14, 2025, 12:06:41 PM

Papers are useless or for jobs. Raw skills and drive matter.

Title: Re: Pundit: what you should be doing instead of nonsense about dead bloggers
Post by: RV Pundit on June 15, 2025, 11:37:47 AM

Indeed

Quote from: Nefertiti on Today at 05:21:56 AM

PhD is for jobs - entrepreneurship is a different animal.

Rack up credibility by building real product - money follows. If you ran and sold a startup in the past that is a good start.

Kenya AI startups: SamaSource (data annotation), Apollo (agric), AIfluence (marketing) - have all raise millions of dollars.

Quote from: RV Pundit on June 14, 2025, 06:35:29 PM

Say that with your PHd. This is not silicon valley. Or I just dive in? I last did AI in UON campus 20yrs plus ago. The course outline seem to be same - Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning

Quote from: Nefertiti on June 14, 2025, 12:06:41 PM

Papers are useless or for jobs. Raw skills and drive matter.