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Fun stuff I've been involved in:
🌎 Built the world's first search engine for ocean research datasets (2005)
✈️ Developed Airlines of Tasmania's first online reservation system (2006)
💬 Launched World Nomads' "Ask A Nomad" Q&A Community (2009-2011)
🤑 Launched Australia's first flight deals website "GetFlight" (2011-2012)
👶 Investor in TinyBeans.com family photo sharing app which floated on ASX (2014)
🇨🇳 Built Jambo — a crowdsourced interpreter network, trialed MVP in China (2014)
🔥 Investor in Firechat (mesh chat app) — until the CEO disappeared! 🙃 (2019)
📱 Investor in SkyHi — the world's first subscription flight service (2019-2021)
💡 Founding team of the Social Entrepreneurship in Tourism Competition (2019-now)
🥾 CTO of MappyHour.org — a community for outdoor enthusiasts in the US (2016-2025)
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This video explains a bit about what's happening with AI models right now and to your point why Google doesn't need to charge https://youtu.be/_Q-e_nczWqM
Hi Noah, thanks for joining Travel Massive and sharing your project with our community. I signed up to NAiO and had a look around. A few questions / comments: 1. Is this built with AI? 2. The big question (that I ask almost everyone I meet building... show more
I suspect that Google is experimenting with how much AI compute they give users in this new feature. The cost to answer complicated queries with LLM can't possibly be profitable in comparison to their traditional search engine. When the venture capital... show more
Hi Jacek, welcome to the Travel Massive community and thanks for sharing your research and insights here. Also, impressive travel blog! I followed your research and have a few thoughts about the methodology: 1. Copy/paste of your prompt into Google s... show more
Hi Brianna, In general, I hear you. I can't speak for other platforms, but on Travel Massive the editorial focus is on showcasing startups and interesting projects that our members are involved in. We're less interested in publishing traveler stories, ... show more
