Fireflies AI: From Notes to Knowledge Automation Powerhouse
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Resources & Recommendations
Books
- "The Her" - A movie referenced to explain the concept of an AI assistant that knows and learns, helping users in real-time meetings.
People Mentioned
- Sam (Co-founder and CTO at Fireflies.ai) - Krish's co-founder who studied aeronautical engineering at MIT and is credited with strong technical foresight and problem-solving skills.
- Vinod Khosla (Investor) - An investor who also invested in OpenAI, which helped Fireflies.ai gain early access to GPT-3.5.
Organizations & Institutions
- Georgia Tech - An institution where Chris Benson spent time discussing AI.
- Lockheed Martin - Chris Benson's employer, where he works as a Principal AI Research Engineer.
- Scale AI - A company mentioned as an inspiration for Fireflies.ai in its early days, known for data labeling and human-in-the-loop processes.
- OpenAI - The organization behind GPT-3.5 and other large language models, access to which was transformative for Fireflies.ai.
- Google - Mentioned as a provider of transcription engines (ASR) and a significant player in the tech industry.
- AWS (Amazon Web Services) - Referenced as a cloud platform, though Fireflies.ai runs more traffic off its own servers.
- Microsoft - Mentioned as a provider of transcription engines (ASR).
- Salesforce - Used as an example of a company that built a massive enterprise-scale business in the CRM space.
- HubSpot - Used as an example of a company that captured a huge market in the SMB business within the CRM space.
- Asana - Mentioned as a project management system.
- Monday.com - Mentioned as a project management system.
Tools & Software
- ChatGPT - Referenced as a major development in AI that did not exist when Fireflies.ai started.
- BERT - An early natural language processing technology used by Fireflies.ai.
- Whisper - A transcription engine mentioned as a contemporary alternative to earlier, less accurate transcription models.
- Figma - A design tool mentioned in the ad read, contrasted with Framer.
- Webflow - A site builder mentioned in the ad read, contrasted with Framer.
- Wix - A site builder mentioned in the ad read, contrasted with Framer.
- Calendly - An online scheduling tool used as an example of a platform with strong distribution that is hard to displace.
- 11 Labs - A company specializing in text-to-speech technology, highlighted for its deep specialization and comprehensive platform.
- Slack Huddles - A feature within Slack mentioned as a platform for spontaneous meetings that the Fireflies desktop app can now capture.
- Discord - A communication platform mentioned as a place for impromptu meetings that the Fireflies desktop app can now capture.
- Zoom - A video conferencing platform mentioned as a traditional platform for meetings.
- Google Meet - A video conferencing platform mentioned as a traditional platform for meetings.
- Microsoft Teams - A video conferencing platform mentioned as a traditional platform for meetings.
Websites & Online Resources
- Framer (framer.com/design) - A design platform and site builder that is a sponsor of the podcast.
- Perplexity - A search engine Fireflies.ai has partnered with to bring web search capabilities into meetings.
Other Resources
- Midwest AI Summit - An event where Daniel and Chris were planning to meet.