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This is an interview with Dan Siroker.

 

Dan Siroker is an entrepreneur and founder of Optimizely, a company that enables businesses and organizations to make better data-driven decisions through website optimization[1]. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Rewind AI, a company that is building a "copilot for your mind" using AI technology to record and analyze your thoughts and conversations[5]. Siroker has a background in engineering and analytics, having previously worked as the director of analytics for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign[2]. He is known for his unique interview questions for potential employees, which he uses to assess their problem-solving skills and creativity[6].

 

Sources

 

[1] Optimizely's Founder Gives Optimization Techniques You Can Implement Right Now - with Dan Siroker - Business Podcast for Startups https://mixergy.com/interviews/dan-siroker-optimizely-interview/

 

[2] Episode 669: A or B : Planet Money - NPR https://www.npr.org/transcripts/459412925

 

[3] Episode 669: A or B : Planet Money - NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/12/11/459412925/episode-669-a-or-b

 

[4] Secret Leaders with Dan Murray-Serter on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secret-leaders-with-dan-murray-serter/id1229438369

 

[5] Jason Calacanis on LinkedIn:

#startups#ai#building#founders#generativeai

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[6] Optimizely CEO Dan Siroker uses three unique interview questions for potential employees - The Business Journals https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/human-resources/2014/11/off-the-wall-interview-questions-this-ceo-asks.html

 

About Rewind.ai:

 

Rewind.ai is a MacOS app that records everything you've seen, said, or heard on your computer and makes it searchable[1][3][4]. The app uses native macOS APIs and Optical Character Recognition to analyze everything on your screen, and stores all recordings locally on your Mac for privacy reasons[1]. Rewind compresses raw recording data up to 3,750 times so even with the smallest hard drive Apple offers today, you can store years of recordings[1]. The app offers a timeline of every meeting you’ve been in, every website you’ve visited, and everything you’ve typed or clicked on your machine[2]. Users can search, sort, and interact with all that history using different features[2]. A new feature called ChatGPT For Me is a GPT-4 chatbot that can give a chatbot access to all your personal data[2]. The app has two UIs: the rewind UI where you can scrub back and forth, and the search UI where you can search for matching text and show where in the screenshot it was found[5]. Rewind.ai is a relatively new app that is charting its own course and is unique in its functionality[3].

 

Sources

 

[1] Rewind AI https://www.rewind.ai

 

[2] Rewind's new feature brings ChatGPT to your personal information - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/23/23653127/rewind-ai-chatgpt-for-me-chatbot-mac

 

[3] A First Look at Rewind.ai - The Sweet Setup https://thesweetsetup.com/a-first-look-at-rewind-ai/

 

[4] 'Rewind AI' records everything you do on your Mac - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/02/rewind-ai-records-everything-you-do-mac/

 

[5] Rewind.ai Review - Ian Sinnott https://blog.iansinnott.com/rewind.ai-review

 

[6] AI Startup Rewind Gets 170 Offers—and $350 Million Valuation in Unusual Fundraising https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-startup-rewind-gets-170-offers-and-350-million-valuation-in-unusual-fundraising