Mycroft.AI launched in 2015 on a crowdfunding and then switch over Indiegogo did very,

very well. Today focused on again, the voice space, but he's not attacking it from say,

you know, a hardware perspective necessarily. Short term, yes, but long term, it's really about

this open source tech stack that allows really anyone that sees Google or Amazon or these guys as a competitor.

They can plug in in a very unbiased open source way and still get a lot of that value.

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hundred thousand dollars to two point seven million. I had no money when I started the company.

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I'm your host, Nathan Latka,

and here's today's episode. Hello, everyone. My guest today is Josh Montgomery. He's the founder

and CEO of Microft, the privacy-focused open-source voice assistant. Josh has more than 15 years

of entrepreneur experience to bring to Mikecroft.

He previously built one of the few gigabit fiber networks from scratch in the United States.

Josh, are you ready to take us to the top?

Yeah, I'm really excited.

Which community did you build this fiber network in?

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