HACKER Q&A
📣 ikishade

I made a new kind of AI, how do I make money from it?


I've created a brand new kind of AI (first-principles, not based on neural-networks), filed a patent (should be published in the next two months) and my attorney assured me I have a strong case (>100 pages, novel research, self-funded). I've written two libraries (C++, JavaScript) implementing it. It can do amazing things, but I've struggled to get anyone to even pay attention. How can I turn this into something profitable?


  👤 dragonwriter Accepted Answer ✓
> I made a new kind of AI, how do I make money from it?

Well, presumably, this new form of AI was created because it makes doing something of value easier than it would be without it, so use it to do whatever that is, and either sell the proceeds or sell access to the tool.

Kind of hard to be more specific without information on what the "new form of AI" is or at least what it is for.


👤 MarkusQ
One way to get people to look at something is to show it to them rather than just describing it. What do you have that you could demo today?

👤 codingdave
You are skipping a bunch of critical steps, like peer review, publishing your work, etc.

Ask yourself what sounds more plausible to your audience - that one individual, on their own, invented something that surpasses the entire professional and academic communities? Or that the same individual is having delusions of grandeur?

Now add in the fact that this person does not produce any demos, says that it would take months to integrate into something to show, and their "time is running low", so they are asking for people to "secure contracts" with them, without even being willing to show their work. Do such statements increase or decrease the believability of their claims?

I truly cannot say what you do or do not have. But I can say that it is unlikely anyone will pay attention to this unless you actually show your work.


👤 rjurney
You need a sales / product cofounder to be CEO. Create a compelling demo of it doing amazing things, then put all your energy into finding a cofounder. Startups are a team sport and you need help with customer development.

👤 simne
Sorry, from your post could not understand, what value could create your AI?

And yes, that is part of answer - how to make money, depend on what type of value it create. Next may need (may not), to create some product, which is similar to some existing but much better because of your AI value. This need to answer to question who will be client and how sales could argue him to buy product.