Have you tried paying industry rates? I've never understood the idea that a greater number of less qualified people is a way to build a "top-notch" product. Scale down and hire the people you need.
It's a fair point. Qualified ML people working at big companies command huge salaries. Work at big tech: get lots of $$ and access to big compute.
Our value prop is different. Work with us, and do something really meaningful. I think that's a pretty normal tradeoff between for-profit and non-profit companies, no? (Higher pay vs possibly higher goal satisfaction).
