eSelf: The Video Chatbot Revolution Backed by Snap’s AI Visionary

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Have you heard about eSelf AI? It's an innovative platform that is redefining conversational agents through real-time interactions and lifelike engagement. Dr. Alan Bekker, the deep learning scientist behind Snap's My AI chatbot, is the mastermind behind this venture. With $4.5 million in seed funding, eSelf AI is ready to make waves in industries like education, sales, financial services, real estate, and health and wellness. They offer a unique "no-code" creation studio that allows clients to design their own AI agents. These agents can interact with popular applications like Calendly and Salesforce, performing tasks such as scheduling appointments, accessing content, and referencing data, just like human assistants. What sets eSelf apart is its agents' speedy response time of under 1.7 seconds, making them more lifelike than their competitors. While operating in stealth mode, eSelf has already facilitated millions of real-time conversations. Some of their notable clients include Christie's real estate and the Brazilian bank AGI. The recent seed funding round was led by Portugal's Explorer Investments, with participation from other investors like Ridge Ventures, M-Fund, and strategic angel investors such as Eyal Manor, a former VP of engineering at YouTube and chief product and engineering officer at Twilio. Dr. Bekker's journey to eSelf is quite fascinating. Originally on the path to becoming a rabbi, he shifted gears and became passionate about engineering, physics, and computer science. A machine learning course inspired his interest in human language and cognition through mathematics, leading him to pursue a PhD specializing in voice recognition, neural networks, and deep learning. Prior to eSelf, Dr. Bekker started a startup called Voca, which developed AI voice assistants for call centers and attracted clients such as American Express and AT&T. Voca was later acquired by Snap for $100 million, where Dr. Bekker led the Conversational AI team responsible for developing the My AI chatbot. After leaving Snap, he teamed up with co-founder Eylon Shoshan, an expert in natural language processing and an alumnus of Israel's 8200 unit, to create eSelf. What makes eSelf unique is their approach to fine-tuning existing large language models like Meta's Llama, rather than building their own from scratch. This allows for faster response times and seamless integration with clients' existing chatbot frameworks. In a competitive landscape of AI-driven conversational agents, eSelf aims to deliver interactive and realistic AI assistants across multiple industries. If you want to learn more about eSelf AI, you can get in touch with them through their website at www.eself.ai or give them a call at [phone].
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