“He was just giving shit away,” one former employee told Forbes. “That man legitimately wanted to transform the world. He actually wanted to train AI models for kids in Malawi. Was it practical? Absolutely not.”
That’s the nicest criticism of a former CEO I have ever seen.
this fucking dumbass actually considered helping poor people
lol, they’ve always eaten their own
But later, when he was asked about Stability’s financial model, Mostaque fumbled. “I can’t say that publicly,” he replied. “But it’s going well. We’re ahead of forecast.”
I always wondered how this “free and open source everything” model would work out. While it’s a nice idea on paper it’s obviously a money sink, and there’s a reason basically every other attempt at monetizing AI stays behind closed doors.
No other ai companies are profitable either. They just have deeper pockets and don’t enrich the commons,just themselves
