Breaking: Apple launched a blog!

A few hours ago, Apple launched a journal (not a diary!) all about Machine Learning. While untypical for the secretive company, this isn’t their first foray into editorial content.

Our take: Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change computing and the way we live. To attract the best talent, Apple needs to be seen as a leader in the space. Good old fashioned blogging is a smart tactic to do so.

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P.S. We also recommend reading the Product Hunt & AngelList Blogs.✌️

Apple Started Blogging

We asked 34 customers what Viktor does for them. Not one said chatbot.

They kept using words like colleague, coworker, team member. One CEO called it the glue holding their e-commerce business together, which is a lot, but also… you see why. It lives in Slack and plugs into 3,000+ tools, so instead of jumping between tabs, you just ask for the thing. Pull Stripe against HubSpot, check Sentry alerts, spin up a campaign brief, build a landing page, send a report upstairs. It all happens there.

It has already hit top 5 on Product Hunt with 130 comments, is SOC 2 certified, and your data does not train models.

One user said it was the first time AI felt like a real coworker, which is either exciting or slightly concerning depending on your week.