side project

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Startup DeepSeek started life in 2023 as a side project of a data-driven hedge fund, but shook up the global AI scene with its "R1" model in January 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

The Meta dashboard, a side project created by an individual employee first reported on by the Information, has since been taken down at the employee’s discretion, a Meta spokesperson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Born Bohan Daniel Lueders in November 1987, the musician co-founded Harm’s Way in 2006 as a side project of the punk band Few and the Proud.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

When everything is bite-sized and cohesive, vegetables stop feeling like a side project and start feeling like the main event.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

From the other side project stout bamboo poles, to the outer ends of which is fastened a boat-shaped log of wood.

From Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various