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Cal AI’s Growth Story Includes Humans With Audiences
· New York time
Cal AI generated more than $30 million in revenue over two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal in March for an undisclosed amount. Its viral growth benefited from a substantial influencer effort, highlighting distribution alongside the product itself. That is a useful reminder in a market fascinated by what models can do. Customers still have to encounter an application before they can adopt it. Even an AI business can depend on the very human machinery of attention. The technology may be new; persuading someone to look up from another app remains an ancient and crowded profession.
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