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Etan Ginsberg
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I'm working on right now we're a venture-backed startup and previously had two companies that really sent me along this journey starting my first company when I was 12.
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the idea behind Martian is we're abstracting away the decision of which llm to use there's many llms right now more and more of them it's becoming more and more like a commodity
what we are is an API so companies like um for example a Jasper or a versal or a replit um they are using these llms on the back end and they will make these API requests to the LMS
one line of thinking is to have a machine an AI that can create its own businesses and that can outperform humans so like say you give a AI 10K kind of turn it into a million dollars
what we're actually doing on the research side of Martian is converting from these black boxes to human understandable programs so what you can do then is you can have these programs go and refactor themselves
people actually get happy when they make these sacrifices and they push through adversity even though you're not happy in the moment you feel a sense of deeper fulfillment that things may be very different when you know the machines are handling all the hard work
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What does Martian do?
Martian provides an API that abstracts away the decision of which language model to use by automatically routing prompts to the best LLM based on expected performance and cost.
What inspired the name Martian for the company?
The name is inspired by a group of exceptionally smart scientists from Hungary who were jokingly referred to as Martians due to their extraordinary abilities.
What is proposed as a potential benchmark for AGI in the podcast?
One potential benchmark discussed is having an AI that can independently create and manage its own businesses, such as turning an initial amount of capital into a much larger sum.
Where can people find more information about Etan Ginsberg and his company?
People can find Etan Ginsburg on LinkedIn, on his website etonginsburg.com, and learn more about his company at martian.com.
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