Imran Ghory

Looking forward to seeing all the travel startups that build on this!

Speech analysis is something I've been looking at recently for a fintech company but from testing the standard API transcription services (those from IBM, AT&T, etc.) the quality hasn't been great. Is exposing raw transcript something you're looking at, even if it's a probabilistic transcript ? - search is one use case but we've also got other use cases for which we'd want raw data (predicting...

So am I right in thinking this is like Wakie but rather than being peer-to-peer it's more like a PA waking you up ?

Does the device using a GSM signal mean it violates FAA rules against use of mobile data connections while on planes or is there some workaround in place?

Just a friendly reminder: Giving an app access to your email account is a huge amount of trust, apart from your email it essentially gives them access to every service you have registered under that email address due to password resets. Even if you 100% trust the creators of the app you're also assuming that they've fully security hardened their platform because any such app is a highly...

If you're looking to build a business around it you mind want to rethink your positioning (i.e. No middle-man / No percentage) as that limits where you can go. You want to put yourself in a position where both sides of the market are happy for you to take a commission. For example by being an intermediary you could reduce IR35 risk for the hiring company or reducing payment risk for the...

Definitely an interesting concept, the book industry definitely feels like it's shifting to a self-publishing model and an unbuddling of the services publishers provide seems inevitable. Although I discussed this with a number of publishers at the #FutureBookHack event last month and they generally argued against this happening with the key reasoning being (1) Most writers aren't willing to...