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Welcome to Homebase Edition #10 - A weekly newsletter bringing you stories & insights from scrappy teams and solo founders building the AI unicorns of tomorrow
What’s on tap today:
Weekly Founder Story
Weekly AI Headline Recap
Emerging AI Trend
AI FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT
1 Founder story
How Marko Vidrih Created an AI Assistant for the Everyday Entrepreneur
It all began in 2013 when Marko Vidrih, then a journalist, founded ElVivia, a research agency. While exploring Ethereum, he saw how complicated AI tools were for businesses.
Recognizing an opportunity for simplification, he developed CREATUS.AI, a platform that demystifies artificial intelligence for the average user.
Picture an AI-powered workspace that functions like an efficient digital assistant—it sees, hears, types, clicks, and even speaks.
They've achieved:
🤖 Architected a no-code NFT e-commerce platform
💻 Developed AI-native workspace solutions for SMEs and remote teams
🌐 Leveraged blockchain and AI expertise for business growth
📝 Authored prescient research, including early work on generative AI
🚀 Forged strategic partnerships to address market gaps
Feed it your company data, and you've essentially got a bespoke Google at your fingertips, autonomously churning through tasks. The result is streamlined operations and boosted productivity for small-to-medium businesses, remote workers, and content creators.
Let's dive deeper:
🔍 Got to know their customers through research
⚡ Changed direction based on what the market wanted
☁️ Used content marketing to show how their product solves real problems
📢 Tapped into Marko's network to get their first customers
👐 Kept improving the product based on user feedback
💎 Balanced careful money management with bold R&D bets
Key Highlights:
AI workspace enhancing productivity for SMEs, remote workers, and creators.
It functions as a digital assistant that sees, hears, types, clicks, and even speaks.
Evolved from social media content creation to comprehensive AI solutions.
Simplifies AI integration, making it accessible and user-friendly.
Addresses complexity and accessibility barriers in business AI use.
Read more about their journey here 🔥🔥🔥
HEADLINE ROUNDUP
Headline recap
Meta launches AI chatbot for all users in India. (TC)
Amazon Plans $5-$10 Monthly Fee for Alexa AI Upgrades, Service Still Unprofitable. (R)
OpenAI has acquired Rockset, a real-time analytics database. (OAI)
OpenAI acquires video-first collaboration platform Multi, formerly Remotion. (OAI)
Ilya Sutskever launches Safe Superintelligence Inc. with former OpenAI and Apple AI Experts. (AIN)
Apple and Meta are in talks to integrate Meta’s generative AI model into Apple Intelligence. (WSJ)
Apple delays the launch of AI-powered features in Europe, citing EU Rules impacting privacy and security. (G)
Introducing Claude 3.5 Sonnet: setting new standards in AI performance and accessibility. (A)
Nvidia's Huang is concerned about avoiding Cisco and Sun's fate. (BI)
Record Labels sue startups for training AI on their songs: Suno and Udio AI face $150,000 per work infringement claims. (B)
TRENDS
1 AI Trend of the week
Afforai
Document processing just got a lot smarter. AI tools now make it easier to summarize, translate, and answer questions about documents. Using advanced natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning, these tools quickly analyze large volumes of text, identify key points, and provide concise summaries. One standout tool experiencing explosive growth is Afforai. Specializing in document interaction, summarization, translation, and question-answering, Afforai stands out for its superior quality and coverage. It's highly recommended for tasks involving research, reasoning, report writing, and document understanding.
