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How AI helped one US man (and his brother) build a $2.3 billion company

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Medvi founder Matthew Gallagher in Los Angeles, on March 16.

Medvi founder Matthew Gallagher took just two months, US$20,000 (S$26,000) and more than a dozen AI tools to get his start-up off the ground.

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Erin Griffith

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Mr Matthew Gallagher took just two months, US$20,000 (S$26,000) and more than a dozen artificial intelligence tools to get his start-up off the ground.

From his house in Los Angeles, the 41-year-old used AI to write the code for the software that powers his company, produce the website copy, generate the images and videos for advertisements and handle customer service. He created AI systems to analyse his business’ performance. And he outsourced the other stuff he could not do himself.

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