These ex-Apple employees are bringing AI to the desktop

Abstraction: Ex-Apple founders launch startup for LLM-powered desktop OS reimagining

Key points:

• Software Applications Incorporated founded by Ari Weinstein, Conrad Kramer (co-creators of Workflow, acquired by Apple 2017 and renamed Shortcuts), and Kim Beverett (10-year Apple veteran)
• Goal: use generative AI to recreate early PC "magic" — fluid, programmable computing vs today's rigid apps
• Prototyping with OpenAI GPT and Meta's Llama 2 as of late 2023
• Raised $6.5 million from OpenAI's Sam Altman, Figma CEO Dylan Field, and others before any product launch
• Key insight: desktop interactions average minutes/hours vs seconds on mobile, so AI time savings are larger
• Plans to hire up to 10 employees including ML experts

Connections: Apple · Openai · Generative AI · Large Language Models

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23981802/software-applications-inc-workflow-shortcuts-apple-employees-startup