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Andy Edser

$1 billion AI company co-founder admits that its $100 a month transcription service was originally 'two guys surviving on pizza' and typing out notes by hand

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An image of two characters from Final Fantasy 14 eating pizza, and looking very pleased about it.

AI note-taking startup Fireflies received a $1 billion valuation earlier this year, after the launch of its "Talk to Fireflies" AI meeting companion app. It's an impressive feat for a company started by "two broke guys"—especially as one of its co-founders recently revealed that its AI transcription service was originally powered by both founders typing the notes out by hand.

"We charged $100 a month for an AI that was really just two guys surviving on pizza," Firefly co-founder Sam Udotong proudly declared in a LinkedIn post earlier this week (via Futurism).

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