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Asked how much capital it takes to catch up to the frontier, Laskin said: "I think that now or let's say even six months ago is probably order billion so billions of dollars single digit billions" (09:18).

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09:18 >> I think that now or let's say even six / 09:21 months ago is probably order billion so / 09:24 billions of dollars single digit / 09:25 billions.

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Beam: The Great American Open Model with ReflectionAI Co-Founder and CEO Misha Laskin
No Priors (YouTube) · 2026-10-09

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Reflection AI's Laskin says open models will take most token demand 11 Oct 2026

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“Asked how much capital it takes to catch up to the frontier, Laskin said: "I think that now or let's say even six months ago is probably order billion so billions of dollars single digit billions" (09:18).” ai notis, checked 11 Oct 2026. Source: Beam: The Great American Open Model with ReflectionAI Co-Founder and CEO Misha Laskin (No Priors (YouTube)). https://ainotis.com/c/1172

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ai notis. (2026, October 11). Asked how much capital it takes to catch up to the frontier, Laskin said: "I think that now or let's say even six months ago is probably order billion so billions of dollars single digit billions" (09:18) [Checked claim 1172]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/1172

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