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And then we will see about more expansion in the years to come.
Is that almost what some of this funding round is for?
It's a great point, Caroline.
So there is definitely a lot of talent war for AI these days with obviously the revolution that is happening.
But Wabi can attract the best in class without paying premiums.
And the reason why is that if you're interested in physical AI, if you're interested in bringing a product that is a once-in-a-lifetime or in a generation sort of opportunity to really change the world as we know it today, and you want to do it with innovative technology and really pushing the industry to the next level, then WAV is the place to be.
And that's what we have done.
Hired the best-in-class talent team, and we continue to attract the best-in-class.
And also our retention numbers are off the chart.
So definitely an amazing team, and we continue to double down in terms of hiring.
Yeah, so I'm not going to comment on Y Combinator specifically, but I will say that there is a vibrant tech ecosystem in Canada.
As you know, Canada has been at the forefront of really all the innovation, or the majority of the innovation that underpins
the AI revolution that we are seeing today with folks like Jeff Hinton, Nobel Prize, et cetera, right?
So the talent is there, the ecosystem is there, and from my perspective, Wabi is a proud Canadian company, and there is a few others that are really leading the way, and it's an amazing market.
And if you look at our list of investors,
We have plenty from the Valley, plenty from Canada as well as Europe and even Middle East now.
So I will say that Canada can really attract capital from across the globe.
And it's a miss if you don't invest in Canada.