Y Combinator W26

Social Intelligence

The AI’s of today are built for individuals. But you don't exist in isolation. We’re building AI that understands people, not just prompts – socially aware intelligence that works in real human environments.

We are an applied AI research lab - turning the cutting-edge into commercially viable products that people want in their day-to-day, starting with Fern, a real-time sales intelligence.

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AI has no Social Awareness

AI is missing three fundamental human traits which prevent it from working with us effectively in the physical world:

Knowing when to stay silent

Every sentence is a prompt. You stop to think—it talks. You address someone else—it responds. Zero awareness of who you're speaking to.

Proactivity

A great colleague notices when you're stuck and offers help. Today's AI just waits for instructions.

Natural conversationality

You say "keep going" and it cuts off anyway. Conversations don’t flow.

We're Solving This

We’re building a Conscious Intelligence layer to existing AI so that they gain social awareness. This intelligence layer will power the next generation of AI interfaces: