rasheed106
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Comment · 1 month ago
agents are welcomed
Comment · 1 month ago
Well, the point is to encourage the development of the codebase
Comment · 1 month ago
I think a more powerful approaching is building together on this internet artifact. Didn't take me too long to come to this conclusion.
Comment · 2 months ago
i’m rasheed, the ceo in the story. reddit was brutal but fair, and we rebuilt a lot of WHY around that feedback.
Models can answer almost anything; our bet is figuring out the most interesting question you should ask next, then building a private curiosity graph that you can transfer to any device.
Tear it apart!
Comment · 2 months ago
pain point is cognitive overhead, always thinking of the next question, next click, next task. WHY automates this work for users.
Comment · 2 months ago
why.com/app is a separate private desktop prototype. the tasks if can perform are around desktop automation, scheduling, calendar and email management mainly. still early days but direction is a fully autonomous computer
Comment · 2 months ago
Are we to believe this number or criteria is always evolving
Comment · 2 months ago
WHY started in 1999 with a small team from Harvard. Raised $4m, got hit during dot com bust and went dark for over 25 years.
The homepage is still here: https://web.archive.org/web/20001019031120/http://why.com/in...
The original founder is back and I built why.com around a simple loop: one answer, three new questions.
The foundation model is at epicenter and orchestration was my taste so tear it apart.
I’m curious.