ego
AI applied research lab building synthetic sapience; human-like AI
Founders
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Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
PraxosS24Team messaging with built-in memoryShared: conversational aiActive
BluejayX25Test, monitor, and improve your voice and chat AI agentsShared: conversational aiActive
The Agentic Data Co.F26Training Data For Speech Models.Shared: conversational aiActive
VocodeW23Open source Voice AIShared: conversational aiAcquired
Marr LabsW24AI-voice agents that are indistinguishable from humans.Shared: conversational aiActive
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Batchmates in Winter 2024.
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FluentlyW24Speaking coach for non-native English professionalsActive
FocalW24AI video creation tool for TV shows and moviesActive
GloGloW24AI glucose companion for diabeticsActive
About ego
we are making AI feel more human starting with voice. ai applied research lab training a novel end-to-end model & productizing what makes AI more personal, persistent, and human. frontier AI, like Claude and ChatGPT, are weak on memory, personality, relationship, and human-like interaction...that's our domain.
San Francisco, CA, USA
ego: questions
Which YC batch was ego in?
ego was in Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch (W24).
Is ego still active?
Y Combinator lists ego as active.
Where is ego based?
ego lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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