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This new AI company adopted a concentrated work ethic, often summarized as "996", signifying a schedule of working from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. The aim was to achieve competitive, efficient products even when lagging in accuracy. Their goal was to develop equivalently accurate models that were cheaper to train and operate—a necessity given their limited funding. Unlike larger firms capable of investing billions, they operated with a modest pool of resources.