Pioneering AI Wearables: Avi Schiffmann and Tab AI | E1868
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Today’s show:
Avi Schiffman joins Jason to explore the origin story of Tab (3:05), concerns regarding wearables safety and security (13:00), Tab’s prototype and design choices (25:00), and much more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Avi Schiffmann of Tab AI joins Jason
(3:05) The origin story of Tab: building a mental model of who you are.
(6:01) Exploring what Tab can do and its hardware profile
(9:01) Avi Schiffmann's take on Apple's new wearable, Humane
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(13:00) In-depth discussion on wearables: safety, security, and continuous audio recording concerns.
(18:57) A showcase of Tab's supportive role featuring AI-driven insights and affirmations
(20:02) Avi Schiffmann's insights on achieving positive change through TAB's guidance
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(21:54) Comparing Avi's Tab with Rewind AI.
(25:00) Examining the Tab prototype and discussing the pendant design choice
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(34:29) Addressing the limitations of coaches, therapists, and the chatbot Pi, and how Tab sets itself apart
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Links to other TWiST episodes on wearables:
Oura CEO Tom Hale | E1812
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed | E1786
Rewind AI’s Dan Siroker | E1828
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| 0:00.0 | The reason why I built this in the first place is I would go to these conferences all the time when I worked on nonprofit stuff trying to meet people. You forget it all. I wanted like a perfect CRM. I just stumbled upon something far deeper, but I like that. This week in startups is brought to you by |
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| 0:35.7 | Northwest registered agent. |
| 0:37.5 | When starting your business, it's important to use a service that will actually help you. |
| 0:41.4 | Northwest registered agent is that service. |
| 0:44.0 | They'll form your company fast, give you the documents you need to open a business bank |
| 0:48.9 | account, and even provide you with mail scanning and a business address to keep your personal privacy intact. |
| 0:55.3 | Visit northwest registered agent.com slash twist to get a 60% discount on your next LLC. |
| 1:02.4 | And Curotech. Are you one of those companies that knows |
| 1:05.9 | you need to be using AI but you're not even sure where to start? Well then you |
| 1:09.9 | need Curotech. They are AI experts and they're offering Twist listeners an AI |
| 1:14.9 | Strategy Roadmap tailored to your business for $5,000. That's 50% off the |
| 1:20.5 | normal cost just for telling them we sent you. Check out curateec.com slash |
| 1:25.6 | twist and get five thousand dollars off. All right everybody we have been focused on |
| 1:31.2 | wearable computing for many years here on this week and |
| 1:34.6 | startups and it's working it's getting better and people are actually getting |
| 1:38.6 | value from these products ten years ago when Fitbit came out. Yeah, it counted your steps. It was accurate, plus or |
| 1:45.6 | minus 50 percent. But since that time, we had Tom from Ora, you know the ring. He was on episode |
| 1:51.2 | 1812 back in September. |
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