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Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace

Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
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Rohit Patel, who spent eight years at Meta working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, is leaving to launch startup Ndoc to challenge Microsoft Office Suite.

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  • •Rohit Patel worked on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning at Meta for eight years.
  • •TechCrunch exclusively reported on his departure from Meta.
  • •His new startup, Ndoc, aims to compete with Microsoft Office Suite.
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