u/Interesting-Town-433

I really want to understand the economics of this so please humor me:

it doesn't seem so crazy, there's a billion AI tools, I will pay you to use them, you will accept the risk that you can’t sell enough usage to cover 20$ a month. You will make money from me by charging a premium. I accept the premium in favor of ease of use.

So if this is so obvious what is the catch? What am I missing?

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u/Interesting-Town-433 — 15 days ago
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It could be that I'm old and just nostalgic, but I miss the way that the 1980s sci-fi movies like Terminator and Aliens felt. I can't quite put more finger on it but there was something in the way they were shot that just really gave me a deeper sense of mystery and possibility than modern day movies.

I've been trying to re-create that feeling with Generative AI, making what if scenes that are sourced from the original movies and modified. My latest project is trying to show LV-426 after the blast. Would love it if some real Artists would like to help

LV-426 / Aliens 2 / Up-sampled with Gen AI

Trying to recreate the 1980s green screen feel

Sulaco Re-shot from a different camera angle

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u/Interesting-Town-433 — 17 days ago

I have a business plan that's about 47 pages but I'm planning to lead with a pre-seed memo about 2 pages asking for 2.5m.

My proposal gives a brief plug for the idea, then leans heavily on my existing IP, which include a patent ( filed in 2023, cited by Microsoft and Samsung ) and a related trademark - Granted Notice of Allowance.

It's an AI company and I'm a professional in the field with 20 years of experience.

I don't want private investment - no friends and family - really need some institutional investors who have other investments I can richochet off of as I grow it to series A - partially it's a business to business play.

I also need investors that understand my background and will grow with me, help get me the right people and right knowledge I need to be successful in this.

I also have users ( very few ) but the bulk of the tech is unreleased and/or not yet fully developed.

Any advice on which investment groups I should be pitching? How i should structure this memo?

I plan to include my salary to step away from my current company then funds for others I will hire, as well as gpu costs, with a plan to get to series A in 17 months

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u/Interesting-Town-433 — 22 days ago

I'm trying to find out the workflows that you wish you could run but can't due to hardware constraints or dependency conflicts.

What are the most problematic nodes for you?

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u/Interesting-Town-433 — 23 days ago