The short answer is no, their website doesn't claim that development is done using AI.
My gut feeling is that a lot of people, including developers, are posting hate messages and spreading fake news because of their fear of AI, which they see as a threat to their jobs.
If you look at their website, builder.ai, they tell customers that their virtual assistant, "Natasha", assigns a developer (I assume from India):
> Natasha recommends the best suited developer for your app project, who then customises your code on our virtual desktop. We also use facial recognition to check that the developer working on your code is the same one Natasha picked.
They also have another page explaining how they use deep learning and transformers for speech-to-text processing. They list a bunch of libraries like MetaPath2Vec, Node2Vec, GraphSage, and Flair:
It sounds impressive, but listing libraries doesn't prove they built an actual LLM.
So, the questions that remain unanswered are:
1. Did Craig Saunders, the Head of AI at Builder.ai (and ex-Director of AI at Amazon), ever show investors or clients a working demo of Natasha, or a product roadmap? How do we know Natasha was actually an LLM and not just someone sitting in a call centre in India?
2. Was there a technical team behind Saunders capable of building such a model?
3. Was the goal really to build a domain-specific foundation model, or was that just a narrative to attract investment?
Having said that, the company went into insolvency because the CEO and CFO were misleading investors by significantly inflating sales figures through questionable financial practices. According to the Financial Times, BuilderAI reportedly engaged in "round-tripping" with VerSe Innovation. This raised red flags for investors, regulators and prosecutors, and led to bankruptcy proceedings
My gut feeling is that a lot of people, including developers, are posting hate messages and spreading fake news because of their fear of AI, which they see as a threat to their jobs.
If you look at their website, builder.ai, they tell customers that their virtual assistant, "Natasha", assigns a developer (I assume from India):
> Natasha recommends the best suited developer for your app project, who then customises your code on our virtual desktop. We also use facial recognition to check that the developer working on your code is the same one Natasha picked.
Source: https://www.builder.ai/how-it-works
They also have another page explaining how they use deep learning and transformers for speech-to-text processing. They list a bunch of libraries like MetaPath2Vec, Node2Vec, GraphSage, and Flair:
Source: https://www.builder.ai/under-the-hood
It sounds impressive, but listing libraries doesn't prove they built an actual LLM.
So, the questions that remain unanswered are:
1. Did Craig Saunders, the Head of AI at Builder.ai (and ex-Director of AI at Amazon), ever show investors or clients a working demo of Natasha, or a product roadmap? How do we know Natasha was actually an LLM and not just someone sitting in a call centre in India?
2. Was there a technical team behind Saunders capable of building such a model?
3. Was the goal really to build a domain-specific foundation model, or was that just a narrative to attract investment?
Having said that, the company went into insolvency because the CEO and CFO were misleading investors by significantly inflating sales figures through questionable financial practices. According to the Financial Times, BuilderAI reportedly engaged in "round-tripping" with VerSe Innovation. This raised red flags for investors, regulators and prosecutors, and led to bankruptcy proceedings