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By Lauren Forristal
October 18, 2023
Objective (previously named Kailua Labs), a multimodal search platform built by machine learning experts from Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon and Twilio, emerged from stealth today with $13 million in venture funding. Objective is a low-code platform that allows developers to build multi-search apps that handle input and output in multiple formats– text, images, video and […]
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