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This Week in Startups · 2026-04-21 · 77 min · 14,988 words

Why Your Company Should Own Its AI Model | E2278

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Hey, can we just have a better CEO than Jason? Can we have a better board of directors than your board of directors because they have all information? You're saying now you're building that Josh. Yeah, exactly. What we're calling this is a company world model to make that vision true, an algorithm that can actually have the right reward functions.

So we can get up to 20 parcels uh in the drone? 40 plus pounds. Holy cow. If you're already doing logistics, You could just add drones to your fleet.

This is kind of like going from level two autonomy to level four. Yes, exactly. It's happening, folks. This week in startups is brought to you by Pilot. Focus on your product, let Pilot handle your bookkeeping.

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