Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More These somber words are spoken with a genuine humility one seldom hears in the hustling, grandstanding world of technology startups. Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur is speaking them to me over a crackling phone connection today as he explains why he had to let go of more than
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