We raised $2.5M for a database gateway and failed: Postmortem
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Local LLMs prioritize privacy over security. Our research reveals a 95% backdoor injection success rate.
AI excels at clean algorithms but fails at messy, real-world codebases. The solution lies not in Go-like intelligence, but StarCraft-like complexity.
The Quesma database gateway IP has been acquired by Hydrolix to ensure continued support.
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