How @OthersideAI founders @mattshumer_ @MilesFeldstein and @JasonKuperberg amassed a 13k waitlist and $2.6m funding after building a demo in 2 hours.

Their product will change how we communicate. 👇🧵

2. OthersideAI was launched in the latter half of 2020 by three college-aged founders—Matt Shumer, Miles Feldstein, and Jason Kuperberg.

The company’s origin story is incredible. 🔥

3. The three founders met at @LaunchPadSYR (the Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars at Syracuse University). 🎓

The idea for OthersideAI came from an experience CEO Matt Shumer had at his previous startup, Visos.

4. Without a network to tap into, Matt Shumer had to cold email practically anyone he wanted to connect with or pitch. 📧

“I eventually came to the conclusion that I spend too much time writing emails and I tried to figure out a way to use [GPT-2] to cut that time down” -MS

5. WTF is GPT-2? 🤔

Open-source artificial intelligence by OpenAI.

Developers wield the AI to perform certain specific tasks.

In this case, composing emails.