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Freeplay wants to help companies test and build LLM-powered apps

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By Kyle Wiggers

November 1, 2023

Freeplay wants to help companies test and build LLM-powered apps

Freeplay, a startup that lets companies build, experiment with and test apps powered by generative AI models, specifically text-generating models, today emerged from stealth with $3.25 million in a seed round led by Conviction Ventures. Founded by ex-Twitter employees, including the former heads of product and engineering for Twitter’s developer platform and enterprise data business, […]

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