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Ask a Baltimore founder anything

What are you doing at noon tomorrow? Head over to the Technical.ly Slack on Tuesday, 8/10, for an AMA with Dan Lee, founder of Baltimore-based dental AI startup Dentuit. We'll be chatting from noon-1 p.m.  

 

What do you want to know about early stage tech and entrepreneurship in Baltimore? Send me questions, or better yet, join us and ask!

 

—Technical.ly Assistant Editor Stephen Babcock (stephen@technical.ly


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