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Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M
The Palo Alto startup says it has landed multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts within months of launch.
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PhD in ML in the AI era, autoresearch
Source: r/MachineLearning
September 16, 2026 · 3h ago
Summary
Hello everyone, I am currently a first year PhD student in AI/ML. I am just wondering if I am not wasting my time doing a PhD in academia vs going to a research startup/company department directly.
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