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Ex-OpenAI researcher bets $100 billion will flow into training data because scaling alone won't cut it

Ex-OpenAI researcher launches a startup targeting high-value training data for specialized AI models. Former OpenAI employee Andrew Ho and co-founder Adam Hunt argue that raw scaling hits limits as models specialize in math and coding while regressing elsewhere. The founders predict AI labs will spend over $100 billion on targeted data collection to overcome current capability bottlenecks.

The Decoder·Jul 30, 2026

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