Navigating AI Training and the Startup Landscape in Barcelona

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Today’s show:

First, Jason interviews Krea CEO and Co-Founder Victor Perez, who demos Krea's creative suite, highlighting its unique blend of AI prompts and interactive design elements (2:40). Then, testRigor’s Artem Golubev breaks down how their AI-powered software helps businesses streamline QA processes (48:54).

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(0:00) CEO and Co-Founder of Krea.ai join Jason

(2:40) Victor demos Krea’s real-time AI capabilities

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(9:22) Startup culture at the Krea house, Krea’s wide range of users, and its unique approach: enabling precise control over object placement and evolving sketches into final products

(17:22) Future plans for video-to-video workflows, Victor’s background, Stable Diffusion’s capabilities, understanding the concept of 'weights' in AI

(26:03) Masterworks - Skip the waitlist to invest in fine art at https://www.masterworks.com/twist

(27:22) Debating copyright concerns and the state of training data in Stable Diffusion

(32:20) The challenges of the startup scene in Barcelona, trying the Blueprint diet

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(38:00) Artem Golubev, CEO and Co-Founder of testRigor joins Jason and explains testRigor's AI-powered QA solution

(41:29) testRigor's AI approach: Streamlining software QA testing

(48:54) Examining the impact of AI on dev teams, and testRigor demo

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Check out Krea: http://www.krea.ai

Check out testRigor: http://www.testrigor.com

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