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How to Validate Your Startup Idea Before Raising Pre-Seed

Validating a startup idea is a crucial step before seeking funding. As someone who has navigated this process, I can attest to the importance of ensuring your idea resonates with your target audience. Startup validation involves understanding your core value proposition and testing your minimum viable product (MVP) in the real world. The process of…

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Why Your Database Can’t Actually See Your Users (And What That’s Really Costing You)

When I embarked on this journey of building SQLv2—which enables any relational database to have machine learning, AI, and vector capabilities natively—I never thought it would become a reality. But today in 2025, I see this coming to life, and what it really does is fundamentally change the paradigm of having to build complex ETL processes and pipelines just to create machine learning models and achieve predictability in near real-time.

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