Launch HN: Trellis (YC W24) – AI-powered workflows for unstructured data

Re:Launch HN: Trellis (YC W24) – AI-powered workflows for un... by serjester on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:02PM (#41237219)

It seems like your business strategy is contingent on foundational model providers not improving their product on a couple dimensions: price, grounding accuracy and file handling. This is a risky strategy, especially in such a competitive market. Wishing you the best of luck.

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Re:Launch HN: Trellis (YC W24) – AI-powered workflows for un... by hamsterbooster on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:13PM (#41237330)

I would say the opposite. We want to make sure that we build our systems in a way that it get better as foundational model becomes better.

Our thesis is that foundational models will become good and affordable enough to be used in almost all data processing pipelines. We build systems on top of that to manage workflows, integrations, and data applications that people may want to develop.

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Re:Launch HN: Trellis (YC W24) – AI-powered workflows for un... by CuriouslyC on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:21PM (#41237392)

Seems like you want foundational models to become better at doing what you want when you give it your "magic" prompt, while not becoming smart enough to not need your magic prompt at all.

I'd need to actually dig into your product to make an informed statement but my guess is that if you build your business around AI secret sauce you're going to get your business eaten and pivot or fail, and if you build your business around a UI and specific integrations/tools real customers you're already in contact with want right now, you'll be ok.

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