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kayhi

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Hi, my name is Sean.

We work on saving research labs money.

https://labspend.com

email - sean at p212121.com

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kayhi··on Authors sue OpenAI for using their works without proper licensing
Maybe the default should be opt in instead of opt out. Why should copyright holders now have to do work to protect their already protected works?
kayhi··on How to skate a 10k
What event?
kayhi··on Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract
How do these contracts hold up to charge backs through the credit card company?
kayhi··on Bolt founder on Stripe/YC
1) examples? sorry I don't follow the payments space
kayhi··on The rise of the one-person unicorn
5m in profit in a few years seems very rare from my experience talking with small business owners.
kayhi··on Launch HN: FirstIgnite (YC S21) – Matching scientists with relevant businesses
Researchers usually don't reach to companies since the university owns the IP and they have a licensing office that does this function. Is it a tool for them?
kayhi··on Show HN: Object Detection in an Hour
Newbie here, where's the intersection between object detection and OCR?

For example, if I have images in different pdf files that I want to compare or trying to identify information on the wine label, what are criteria to consider on which method to use?

kayhi··on Launch HN: hotglue (YC S21) – Easy user-facing SaaS integrations
Especially for accounting, how does your product compare to codat.io?
kayhi··on Tesla plans to open its charging network to other EVs later this year
I'm trying to appreciate your analogy, but perhaps Tesla charges are better than the more open version unlike Betamax.
kayhi··on Intuit to share payroll data from 1.4M small businesses with Equifax
Is it just like a Dropbox to upload receipts and someone reviews it? Do they tell you what's missing?
kayhi··on Starting a crypto project
or filecoin
kayhi··on Evaluating Modest SaaS Business Ideas
How much time, money or reputation does it contribute to a channel?
kayhi··on Launch HN: Procoto (YC W21) – Procurement SaaS for SMB
No problem, but this feels more like an enterprise process than a self serve SaaS solution. I'm not saying that is bad, but had the impression it is more self service such as I could select needed integrations and see pricing. I'd consider that more user friendly than contact sales.
kayhi··on Launch HN: Procoto (YC W21) – Procurement SaaS for SMB
Very cool, can you give details about the monthly costs?
kayhi··on Our brutal science system almost cost us a pioneer of mRNA vaccines
For most it is the start up costs.
kayhi··on Launch HN: Routable (YC S17) – Scale payouts without building in-house tools
I'm not this space but is this like bill.com where users can schedule payments? I'm assuming it is more advanced but don't have experience in this workflow.
kayhi··on What's so hard about PDF text extraction?
Thanks, I had looked that over but thought things may have changed in the last year.
kayhi··on What's so hard about PDF text extraction?
What software is the current leader in OCR solutions?
kayhi··on Launch HN: PostEra (YC W20) Medicinal Chemistry-as-a-Service and Covid Moonshot
In my experience, cost is not related to materials and labor. For example, CROs know if they're likely the only company that can make a product and will charge accordingly. Often and to me sadly, a bidding processes is needed to determine market value of production. I've seen CROs instantly cut pricing in half if you present another option.

I would be cautious with chemical database (unsure which you are using) as there are companies that post chemicals as lead generation and cannot make them.

If you solve the selection of the best route, helping with sourcing the product may not be worth your resources. In other words, just that piece alone, if done well, is very valuable and hope the market sees it.

kayhi··on Launch HN: PostEra (YC W20) Medicinal Chemistry-as-a-Service and Covid Moonshot
4) He has touched on this topic to varying degrees: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2018/01/30/au...
kayhi··on Launch HN: PostEra (YC W20) Medicinal Chemistry-as-a-Service and Covid Moonshot
Great idea! If I have a list of drug candidates and your software can apply a confidence level on the best route to synthesize a product that is better than chemists you're company is very valuable.

Inital thoughts - defining easy of synthetic pathway seems hard. If I'm an organic chemist and the recommended molecule involves a cost, technique or equipment that's inaccessible then I'd be stuck. However, if your network of manufactures can make it then labs may consider outsourcing it. I commonly see 10 to 1000x pricing differences in custom synthesis so there's also a risk of one vendor quoting too high and development prematurely stopping. For context and those that maybe outside this field, you can get a quote for over a million dollars for scaling up a product such as 100mg to 10g (not even a new route). You may need large amounts of the molecule for assay, animal testing, humans trials and going to market. Technique and equipment may not be an issue if your network is large enough, It will be interesting to see if you charge the drug companies as like a SaaS play and/or percent of sale from manufacturers like the YC company Science Exchange. Another idea is offering the software for free and make a percentage on the patent (IP) related the pathway.

kayhi··on Video Games Are the Future of Education
Can you share the name and does it still exist?
kayhi··on US food prices see historic jump and are likely to stay high
This statement worries me more in that this is a significant increase worth noting.
kayhi··on TikTok has recently traded at valuations of $105-110B on private markets
Feels like Twitter buying Vine and not executing made this possible?
kayhi··on Lost and Found: Stopping Bluetooth Finders from Leaking Private Information
from where or are there brands you recommend?
kayhi··on Lost and Found: Stopping Bluetooth Finders from Leaking Private Information
I'm also interested on where to buy tags for pennies even if they only have Bluetooth.
kayhi··on Please Fund More Science
I'm a fan of increased federal funding, but there's also a massive problem with the pricing of scientific supplies and chemicals. We commonly see 2-3x and sometimes 10x differences in prices for the exact same item from the same manufacuturer. We're (https://labspend.com) tackling this problem but it's massive and not often mentioned or known by people outside of the lab. We've consulted with companies and help them identify millions in savings.

A couple of issues contribute which are the pricing isn't transparent like hospitals in the USA. Also there are only 2-3 major suppliers and for certain items it's essentially a monopoly.

kayhi··on Ginkgo Bioworks: Organism Engineering at Scale
What's the revenue of Ginko? It seems like it's a platform in need of users that can create commercial value and they're unable to do it themselves.
kayhi··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (January 2020)
SEEKING FREELANCER | Lab Spend | Full Time | REMOTE | https://labspend.com

Lab Spend provides lab management software to help research labs operate more efficiently. Labs are like small businesses and appreciate tools that help them with order tracking, inventory and procurement. Recently, we updated our pricing search engine to help labs know what they should be paying for chemicals and supplies (think what Zillow does for houses is what we're doing for lab supplies).

We're a small team, looking to hire a full stack developer with a focus on Laravel and Vue.js. Our stack also includes python and postgres. The job would also include improving test coverage and existing code. Preference to someone that can work or significantly overlap with 9-5pm EST. We're looking to hire at a rate of $30/hr.

To apply please email me, sean [at] p212121.com directly with your CV or a link to your LinkedIn profile

kayhi··on Launch HN: Got-it (YC W19) – Bluetooth labels for tracking things at work
How does it work if you have 100s of them in a close range such as tracking inventory? Also will you be able to print anything on the labels?
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