IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed
IrisGo is a startup focused on creating proactive AI systems that can automate user workflows. Backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund, the company aims to develop a desktop companion that learns from user behavior to streamline repetitive tasks. Recently, IrisGo launched beta versions of its applications for macOS and Windows and is pursuing partnerships with laptop manufacturers for preinstallation.
- ▪IrisGo closed a $2.8 million seed round led by Andrew Ng’s AI Fund.
- ▪The startup's AI can learn and automate tasks with minimal human prompting.
- ▪IrisGo has launched beta versions of its apps for macOS and Windows.
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Industry insiders say the next big thing in AI is “proactive” systems: agents that can anticipate a user’s needs — and fulfill them — before the user even knows what those needs are. One startup that’s looking to make headway in this area is IrisGo. The company, which closed a $2.8 million seed round led by Andrew Ng’s AI Fund earlier this year, is building a desktop companion for PCs that can learn about a user’s daily workflows and then automate them with limited to no human prompting. Iris was co-founded by Jeffrey Lai, a former Apple engineer who helped to build the Chinese language version of Siri, the company’s automated assistant.
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