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Thx John Burn-Murdoch & roll on Financial Times festival tmw! Will be grilled by Madhumita Murgia @ 3pm in the Tech Tent.
Meeno is a private relationship advice platform, powered by generative AI. Meeno helps with social anxiety, and helps improve all close relationships—from friends to family, from romance to work. It was founded by former Tinder CEO and Headspace/Apple exec Renate Nyborg, with support from Andrew Ng. Meeno has raised $4.9million, its seed round was led by Sequoia.
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Thx John Burn-Murdoch & roll on Financial Times festival tmw! Will be grilled by Madhumita Murgia @ 3pm in the Tech Tent.
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MEENO IS LIVE IN 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 Hello from New York! The city is buzzing with two presidential hopefuls facing off at the first CNN presidential debate. We decided it's the perfect day to launch Meeno in the US, including a brand-new “Practicing Tough Conversations” mode. PLS READ I WROTE THIS WITH MY BARE HANDS 👇
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I loved this conversation. Thanks Andrew Greenstein for quizzing me on the future of relationships +startup building in 2024. Most of all, thanks for sharing your own story at ~15 mins. “When you can name something, that’s the first step to understanding it exists.” …and addressing it. #meeno
Meeno’s first prototypes were created through a close partnership with Andrew Ng’s AI Fund. The fund offers subject matter experts a chance at rapid prototyping with world-class AI/ML engineers, and access to the latest in science and academic research. Andrew and Renate Nyborg, Meeno’s founder, first swapped notes on loneliness trends in October 2022. They discussed their hopes, and fears for the future of society and community, and decided to join forces. Read Andrew’s perspective on #Meeno👇
The Financial Times has a great article on Renate Nyborg's work on Meeno, written by Madhumita Murgia. The article is paywalled, but I appreciate Renate (as well as Harvard's Ron Ivey)'s leadership speaking about the dangers of the AI fake girlfriend/boyfriend industry and the risk of this leading to greater loneliness. Renate says "Men didn’t want to meet girls because they had virtual girlfriends who said exactly what they wanted to hear." To regulators wondering what are the risky applications of AI, I would urge taking a look at the fake gf/bf industry! In contrast, Meeno gives advice for human relationships, and is working to bring people together. Working to reduce human loneliness is a wonderful goal! https://lnkd.in/gsg2JCJP
Our founder on the BBC! They discuss how Meeno keeps relationship advice private and secure, how Meeno works with therapists, what people like about AI powered mentoring.
Can tech help mental health? I spoke with Shiona McCallum for BBC Tech Life. Meeno around ~5minute mark. Thank you Shiona! 🌟