Jackmin

Some of you have probably already noticed that I don't have the Prime Intellect badge. After an incredible two years, I’ve left Prime. I joined Prime as employee #7, back when we were a tiny team with an enormous ambition: to make frontier AI research open and accessible to everyone. At the time, it seemed almost impossible. How could a handful of people compete with companies like OpenAI and Anthropic? How could we attract the talent, compute, and resources to do the kind of research we dreamed of doing? But somehow, we believed in the dream enough to show up and ship. And over the next two years, a tiny startup grew into a billion-dollar company, and ideas that once seemed impossibly ambitious became real. I think every successful startup is a small miracle. And I’m incredibly grateful to have been part of one. More than anything, I’m grateful for the people. Especially samsja, who has been so much more than a manager to me. He was the reason I joined Jina AI, fought to bring me into Prime, and has been a mentor and a dear friend through so much of my career. I owe him more than I can put into words. Johannes Hagemann, Vincent Weisser, Jannik, Manveer, Kemal Erdem, Leonardo, Alex and everyone else at Prime. I’ve learned so much from all of you, and I wouldn’t trade the memories and experience of building alongside all of you for anything in the world. As I set off to explore ambitions of my own, I leave with immense gratitude for these two years. I will always be rooting for Prime, and I am excited to see how much further the team takes it. I joined Prime wondering if miracles are possible, if David could slay Goliath. I leave knowing its possible. Onward to the singularity. Excited to see what comes next. ❤️🫡🚀

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