Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app
Sesame, a conversational AI startup co-founded by Oculus founders, has launched its iOS app, aiming to enhance the AI chatbot experience. The app features four distinct AI agents that can engage in more natural conversations by utilizing fast search systems and parallel processing. Sesame plans to expand its capabilities further, including the development of intelligent eyewear by 2027.
- ▪Sesame's iOS app offers a public preview of its conversational AI agents.
- ▪The app features four distinct AI agents, each with unique personalities and voices.
- ▪Sesame aims to create a more natural conversational experience by allowing the AI to think and respond in real-time.
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On Thursday, the AI startup Sesame, co-founded by Oculus’s founders and others from the VR company that sold to Meta, released a public preview of the conversational AI agents it’s been developing for over a year. With its new iOS app, Sesame is rethinking the traditional AI chatbot experience popularized by apps like ChatGPT, creating one where conversation flows, even if the AI needs time to think. As the company explains in its launch announcement, “There’s an inherent tension between replying quickly and taking the time to compose thoughtful responses.
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