Txawm tias xyoo 2023, cov tuam txhab tseem tuaj yeem nce ntau pua lab yam tsis muaj pov thawj ntawm cov khoom lag luam haum.
Txij li thaum sib koom ua ke lawv pib ua lag luam tsib xyoos dhau los, ex-Apple cov thawj coj Bethany Bongiorno thiab Imran Chaudhri tau siv cov kwj ntawm cov lus buzzwords yam tsis tau hais txog lawv lub tuam txhab yuav ua li cas. Lawv lub vev xaib muab tias lawv cov thev naus laus zis "txhim kho tib neeg kev paub" thiab yog "tsim ntawm kev ntseeg siab" thiab kev sib cuam tshuam nrog nws yuav "xav tias muaj txuj ci" - tag nrho cov lus tsis meej meej uas koj tuaj yeem siv los piav qhia koj tus menyuam thawj zaug zaum nrog Santa Claus ntawm Macy cov.
Tab sis qhov no tsis yog qee cov noob-theem stealth ua haujlwm. Hauv tsib lub xyoos dhau los, lawv lub tuam txhab - hu ua Humane - tau ntiav 200 tus neeg thoob plaws San Francisco, New York, thiab lwm lub nroog, kwv yees li 40% ntawm lawv tau siv sijhawm ua haujlwm ntawm Apple. Tsis muaj cov khoom lag luam los nthuav tawm lossis txawm hais txog kev tshaj tawm rau pej xeem, cov neeg koom tes tau nce $ 241 lab los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam xws li OpenAI's Sam Altman, tus kws tshaj lij solo VC thiab ex-Stripe engineer Lachy Groom, thiab cov tuam txhab xws li Steve Jang's Kindred Ventures, Tiger Global, thiab SoftBank. Microsoft lub tuam txhab lwm tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm engineering rau kev tsim thiab thev naus laus zis, Rubén Caballero, Salesforce's Marc Benioff, OpenAI's Altman, thiab PCH International CEO Liam Casey tau qhia lub tuam txhab.
Nag hmo lub tuam txhab tau hais tias nws tau nce nws qhov tseeb $ 100 lab nyiaj txiag thiab cov tswv yim ua lag luam suav nrog Microsoft thiab LG tau koom tes nrog lub tuam txhab - ntxiv rau cov npe ntev ntawm kev tshaj tawm nyiaj txiag, ntiav cov hloov tshiab, thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab tshaj tawm uas tsis muaj cov khoom siv tiag tiag. Bongiorno, uas yog CEO, thiab Chaudhri, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab tus thawj tswj hwm, tau hais rau kuv lub lim tiam no tias lawv tau tsim ib qho tshiab "mobile compute device" thiab "tshiab software faib platform," tab sis tsis txhob sim nug seb qhov ntawd txhais li cas. Cov khoom lag luam yuav tshaj tawm thaum Lub Rau Hli, raws li tus kws tshaj lij hauv tuam txhab - ntawm qhov lawv vam tias yuav yog lawv cov lus.
Ib daim ntawv thov patents qhia tsawg kawg qee qhov kev nkag siab ntawm pab pawg tau ua haujlwm rau txhua xyoo no. A patent luam tawm nyob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2022 mirrors lub weird teaser video lub tuam txhab luam tawm thaum Lub Xya Hli thiab qhia tias Humane tau siv cov ntaub ntawv hnov los ntawm cov cuab yeej siv tau los ua cov haujlwm hauv smartphone xws li sau ntawv, ntaus suab paj nruag, lossis qhib Twitter ntawm qhov projection ntawm tus neeg sab laug tes. Nov yog qhov uas yuav zoo li:
Bongiorno thiab Chaudhri tau hais rau kuv tias lawv tab tom tsim software platform ntawm ob lub cuab yeej thiab hauv huab, thiab tias huab platform yuav zaum ntawm Microsoft Azure thiab hu tawm rau kev pabcuam APIs los ntawm lwm tus neeg koom tes. Nws cov cuab yeej siv-ib haiv neeg software platform yuav siv cov qauv OpenAI uas twb muaj lawm, cov qauv kev kawm tshuab lawv tab tom tsim ua ke, thiab lawv tus kheej qauv, lawv hais.
Txawm li cas los xij lawv cov khoom lag luam ua haujlwm, nws tsuas yog lub siab rau kuv lawv tau tsa peb qhov kev sib tw loj yam tsis muaj kev ntsuam xyuas kev ntxhov siab txog seb tib neeg puas yuav siv qhov lawv tsim. Qhov no yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau cov noob lossis Series A peev, qhov twg cov tub ua lag luam tau txais kev pov npav me me ntawm kev ntseeg siab ntawm ib lub tswv yim thiab pab pawg muaj zog - tsis yog rau ob qhov tom ntej Series B (qhov twg Humane muaj nuj nqis ntawm $ 800 lab, ib PitchBook) thiab Series C ncig. Humane yuav tsis tawm tswv yim txog qhov ntsuas qhov ntsuas no.
Kuv zaum nrog ob ntawm Humane cov tub ua lag luam ntxov tshaj plaws: Jang, uas tau coj cov kev hloov pauv tsis ntev los no thiab koom ua ke cov noob, thiab Khaled Jalanbo ntawm Valia Ventures, uas kuj tau koom ua ke cov noob, sim ua kom nkag siab zoo dua qhov kev thov rov hais dua.
"Txhua yam uas koj tab tom tsim cov txheej txheem tshiab tsim, txhua txoj hauv kev los ntawm chipset los ntawm kev kho vajtse, thiab rov xav dua li cas AI thiab cov ntawv thov thiab cov kev pabcuam txhua tus ua haujlwm ua ke - nws yuav siv nyiaj ntau dua - qhov no yog lub hli uas qhov no sawv cev," Jang, uas lees paub. qhov no tsis yog "tsis yog tus qauv ntawm kev tsim kev pib," tab sis taw qhia seb OpenAI tau tsim li cas rau xya xyoo ua ntej nws tso tawm pej xeem version ntawm GPT lub caij ntuj no dhau los.
Jalanbo hais tias lub zog tseem ceeb yog pab pawg tshwj xeeb, uas kuj suav nrog Patrick Gates, Apple tus thawj coj ntawm engineering rau iCloud, FaceTime, iMessage, thiab APNS. Bongiorno yog tus thawj coj ntawm iOS thiab macOS software engineering program tswj ntawm Apple thiab Chaudhri yog tus thawj coj ntawm kev tsim, ua qauv tsim rau software thiab kho vajtse cov neeg siv kev paub.
Jalanbo hais tias, "Nws yog ib pab pawg thawj coj ua haujlwm tiag tiag uas tau tsim txoj hauv kev uas peb cuam tshuam nrog thev naus laus zis," Jalanbo hais ntxiv tom qab: "Tej zaum muaj ntau tus neeg ntawm lub tuam txhab ntawd, yog tias lawv yog tus tsim, ntawm lawv tus kheej, yuav. muaj peev xwm thiab kev paub los pib cov tuam txhab. "
Tab sis tsis yog txhua lub tuam txhab VC yuav tau txais cov kev twv txiaj kim kim ntawm cov tuam txhab ua ntej cov nyiaj tau los - tshwj xeeb hauv kev ua lag luam no.
Jett Fein, tus neeg siv khoom siv thev naus laus zis ntawm Headline tau hais rau kuv nag hmo thaum peb tham txog cov ntawv xov xwm niaj hnub no. Nws hais ntxiv tias: “Kuv tsis nco qab ib lub tuam txhab thev naus laus zis uas ua tiav uas tau tsa peev nyiaj ntau ua ntej pib. Muaj ib lub ntxa ntawm cov tuam txhab uas tsis muaj kev vam meej. "
Ib qho uas los rau hauv kuv lub siab yuav yog lub segway scooter, ib zaug hu ua "Ginger” thaum lub sij hawm nws ultrasecret, overhyped prelaunch-thaum Jeff Bezos, John Doerr, thiab Steve Jobs tag nrho cov touting project, cog lus tias nws yuav hloov mus ib txhis. Peb paub li cas tus ntawd tig tawm.
"Zoo li txhua lub tuam txhab, txog thaum cov khoom lag luam nyob hauv khw, peb tsis paub," Jalanbo hais txog Humane. “Tab sis qhov ntawd yog thawj koom ruam uas peb txaus siab coj. Peb yeej xav kom lub tuam txhab no muaj nyob. Peb xav tias lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb, thiab peb nyiam ua haujlwm nrog pab pawg, thiab peb xav tias lawv muaj kev paub dhau los thiab kev xav thiab tau txais ib pab pawg neeg ua lag luam thiab cov tswv yim zoo nyob ib puag ncig lawv. "
Pom koj tag kis,
Jessica Mathews
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