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Products that do what LLM post-training to speak like GenZ, costing less than a cup of coffee does

1. 1TA
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2. 2IB
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3. 3CC
   Coffee Chat – Trade your expertise▲182

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4. 4
   Dolly▲113

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5. 5IV
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   2024 · python.useinstructor.com

6. 6LF
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7. 7AB
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8. 8AL
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9. 9CL
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10. 10
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    Aug 2026 · github.com

11. 11AR
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12. 12IM
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13. 13CT
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    2019 · cheaptranscription.io

14. 14WT
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15. 15NG
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16. 16LA
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    2024 · github.com

17. 17UA
    UpTrain – A Practical Approach to Finetuning LLMs for Custom Use-Cases▲10

    2023 · github.com

18. 18AM
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    Sep 2025 · github.com

19. 19LA
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    Apr 2026 · github.com

20. 20
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21. 21ES
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22. 22TT
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    2022

23. 23MM
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24. 24HC
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