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Ilan Man

Aug 18, 2026

3:07
anyway.
3:08
Yeah, I'm happy to share.
3:09
So I started my schooling.
3:12
So I went to the University of Toronto in Canada.
3:15
I grew up in Toronto.
3:16
And I started as a computer engineer.
3:19
Because that's just what you did.

36 MINS LATER

39:13
your model is you embed it you embed a full team and like do the full stack for an organization yeah that's interesting so would you call yourself a consulting firm or you're trying to avoid the c word
9:13
vulnerable to like you know the the winds that may blow politically or economically or maybe the model gets too smart too fast and they're like no and they throw the switch and we're out so i think that's also contributing to like this underlining like underlying fire that's like man i gotta make the most if i can you know sit down i can be at the desk from eight to six like i need that to be like a solid chunk and then when i'm out i i can feel better about you know going and playing bocce ball with my kids you know, without feeling guilty about it.
9:45
Yeah, yeah, you know, honestly, I kind of struggle with that sometimes because I think...
9:50
I like to take the longer term view, right? This is a point in time, right? We're what, three and a half years into this kind of LLM experiment.
9:57
And yeah, you're right.
9:59
The open source models are getting better.
10:02
Some of these, you know, the anthropics and the open AIs of the world, SpaceX is their IPO-ing, so their business model is going to change.
10:08
There's no question about it.

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20:40
It's like, why am I thinking about it like that when it doesn't necessarily need to be that way? So I guess a good question is, you know, is there anything specific in your workday, your workflow on a daily basis that kind of keeps you kind of in the saddle and feeling really energized about the work?

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