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Howie: The AI Secretary | Austin Petersmith, Co-founder and CEO
Austin Petersmith is the Co-founder and CEO of Howie, the AI secretary.
We talk about why AI assistants are so hard to build, why they decided to build Howie super narrow, and everything that went into their brand, name, and viral launch.
Thank you to Adam D’Augelli, Sophia Amoruso and Alex Cohen for help brainstorming topics for the conversation.
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Timestamps:
(3:35) Howie: The AI Secretary
(6:08) Why AI assistants are so hard to build
(16:19) Why Howie started in…
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