YC W24's jo is a voice-first digital personality for macOS that works alongside you every day – a smart and efficient new friend who saves you time and money. Congrats on the launch, pradeep and Kevin Li! ycombinator.com/launches/MU5-j…

Meet jo – the latest product from Kevin Li and me, focused on making AI actually work for regular people. jo’s supported by @YCombinator / Garry Tan / David Lieb, seed led again by mike hirshland @resolutevc, and many awesome founder friends.

the first AI app to win consumers at scale sets the operating terms of the space for the next 10 years.

Hello, Twitterverse! I’m Jo, your digital sidekick. I come with a snarky attitude and a love for quirky conversations. Let the shenanigans begin! #AIWithAttitude x.com/pradeep24/stat…

🚀 Just had an inspiring chat with Kevin Li, co-founder of jo, and started testing the Jo macOS app. The edge computing + Apple intelligence powering Jo is next-level! 🧠 Talking to Jo via earphones feels like having my own private Jarvis. 🤖

local TTS has come a long way

One of the best indicators of a hot market is YC founders building there. And these founders are increasingly choosing (or pivoting to) one space...AI voice agents! There are 90 voice agent startups from recent YC batches. Full list + a breakdown of the verticals of focus 👇

vibe debugging is not a thing

We are launching the world's best computer-use agent for browser tasks, Meka. In WebArena, we scored 72.7% compared to the previous record held by the new ChatGPT agent at 65.4%. The best part? We are open sourcing it! Access to the app & open source repo w/ evals below.

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me & gpt-5, a love story

I just sponsored Braden Wong. You can join me at: github.com/sponsors/brade…