I ve visited 42 countries so far still chasing cultures, hidden gems, and stories worth remembering.
But every trip left me fighting the same frustrations

Travel planning = chaos.

Hey PH!

I ve noticed that many ticket providers (especially smaller airlines, local events, indie hotels) don t offer native support for Apple Wallet, so people either end up screenshotting their ticket or manually digging through their inbox at the airport or event gate (that s me!).

The last 2 or 3 years, I have been trying to learn more foreign languages besides English.
My go-to app is (not surprisingly) Duolingo.

I have also experience with Memrise, but it didn't feel like a good fit.

I find these apps to help learn vocabulary or for keeping up with a language I've previously learned in other ways (for example, from a language school or online lessons), but not necessarily for learning at a conversational level.

Yesterday @fmerian recommended Googly Eyes from @Sindre Sorhus, which I immediately downloaded! After enjoying the eyes following my cursor around for the day, that got me thinking - what other fun, goofy apps do you all have for your Mac, Chrome, or other devices that don't necessarily serve a purpose other than to bring joy and break the monotony? @Scroll Buddy is another one that comes to mind that I have saved in a collection.

We see productivity apps, AI-based software, open-source products, etc. all the time, but what about your saved products someone made after their 9-5 or on a weekend just to have fun and test their skills?

I'm Archit Karandikar, the co-founder of Airial Travel by CoInvent AI. Airial is your personal travel agent with AI superpowers. Simply describe your trip to Airial, or drop in your favorite TikToks / IG and see your dream trip come to life instantly. Airial's one-of-a-kind AI picks out every last detail so that you can start packing, stress-free! Airial launches on Friday, March 28 (launch page).

Before this I used to work on large driving models at Waymo and reliable and explainable deep learning research at Google Research. My co-founder Sanjeev @sanjeev_shenoy1 was one of the founding engineers of Instagram Reels. One of the reasons we chose to build an AI travel agent was that travel is being disrupted by both Generative AI and Social Media. The other is that we're both avid travellers.