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I don't usually post about politics, but since the U.S. elections are coming soon and I'm an AI engineer, I decided to create a fun little side project. What if we could ask the two presidential candidates anything, and compare their responses? Given that they've only had one debate to date, it might be interesting to see how their views line up (or not!) on various issues. I built this as a social experiment because I’m fascinated by how AI has become such a regular part of our lives, and how much it is impacting our public discourse. How well can we predict what people might say, given what they have said in the past? I fine-tuned Gemini 1.5 flash with some synthetically-generated Q&A training data (based on a collection of their bios, campaign websites, and recent speeches), and did some quick prompt engineering and RAG. (This needs to be really cheap, since this is a personal project.) The results are both insightful and a bit surprising, and can be hilarious if you ask the right questions! The usual disclaimer for AI-generated content applies -- responses are AI generated and may not be representative of the candidates' views, please check facts yourself, etc. I've added the link as a comment -- have fun! --- P.S. I was also very tempted to create voice responses, but this was a quick side project meant to take just a few hours... and I don't want to suffer the fate that OpenAI had re: Scarlett Johansson.

Here's a new list of 39 early-stage startups *founded by repeat founders* who sold their previous companies, with <50 employees, all are now HIRING: 1) SimpleClosure - startup shutdown service (remote / LA) 2) Aircover.ai - GenAI for live sales calls (US remote) 3) Slingshot AI - mental health AI research (London / NYC) 4) Ario - AI assistant (Bay Area) 5) Mesa - homeowner membership platform (remote US / Canada / NYC) 6) Aim Security - enterprise-grade GenAI security (Tel Aviv) 7) Tamnoon - managed cloud security service (US / remote) 8) Yuma AI (YC W23) AI - e-commerce customer service with AI (remote US / France) 9) Waterplan (YC S21) - water sustainability platform (remote / Argentina) 10) Eli Health - hormone testing (Montreal) 11) Zenskar - automate billing and revenue recognition (remote) 12) Banyan Infrastructure - software for sustainable infrastructure finance (Bay Area) 13) Stedi - API-first clearinghouse (remote US) 14) ShareWillow - profit sharing software (NYC) 15) trumpet 🎺 - digital sales room (London) 16) Unblocked - helping developers find answers (Vancouver) 17) Hummingbird Healthcare - reimagined patient experience (remote US) 18) Unthread - AI ticketing in Slack (NYC) 19) Kick - self driving book-keeping (remote) 20) gaiia - ISP platform (remote Canada) 21) Anzen Insurance - executive risk insurance marketplace (US remote / Mexico) 22) Riffusion - creative AI (Bay Area) 23) fiveonefour - data platform for developers (US / remote) 24) Bucket - feature flagging platform for B2B products (remote) 25) Acai Travel - travel operations co-pilot (Barcelona) 26) Code Metal - streamline edge research processes (Boston) 27) Lleverage - low-code AI development & observability (Amsterdam) 28) Sola Security - stealth security platform (Tel Aviv) 29) Psylo - next-gen psychedelic medicines (US remote) 30) Shepherd - insurtech for commercial construction projects (NYC / Bay Area) 31) Yellow - 3D AI tools (remote Worldwide) 32) Daydream - intuitive shopping (remote US) 33) Gamma - AI content creation (Bay Area) 34) Danti - search engine for earth (remote US) 35) LiveKit - open source WebRTC stack (San Francisco / remote) 36) Coana - open-source vulnerability scanning tool (Denmark / remote) 37) Trovo Health - intelligent assistants for healthcare (NYC) 38) VidLab7 - AI-driven personalized video content (Munich) 39) Rep AI - AI chatbot for eCommerce (remote Worldwide) Adding direct links to their career pages in the comments. 🎶 follow me for more lists like this every week: Ben Lang ✨ thank you to Harmonic (startup database) for helping me collect the list