At the AI2 Incubator’s annual summer party, Seattle founders, investors, and innovators shared their thoughts on the use cases for generative AI tools. While the value of these tools is still being explored, there are early signs of adoption and excitement about the potential benefits they offer. Attendees mentioned a variety of AI apps and services that are already making a difference in their day-to-day work, ranging from biotech to marketing to coding.
Morgan Blumberg from M13 highlighted Stack AI, a tool he uses for diligence purposes and to build investment memos. He praised its ability to access knowledge bases, datasets, and external data to provide answers to questions or create meaningful outputs. Martín Ramírez, CEO of Signify, mentioned Claude as a fantastic tool for contextualizing documents and extracting key ideas accurately. Nermeeta Dhillon from Wayfinder Biosciences uses Superbio.AI for fun projects, leveraging its neural network capabilities to train models with ease.
Lekshmi Venu, CEO of MajorBoost, finds Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot to be a valuable tool for speeding up coding tasks and improving productivity. T.A. McCann, managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, utilizes Blaze.AI as a content marketing engine, praising its ability to generate a large amount of content efficiently. Jenny Cronin, principal at Ai2 Incubator, sees AI tools as helpful for understanding new investment areas, using language models to explore unfamiliar topics and gain insights.
Other attendees shared their experiences with AI tools, such as Diego Oppenheimer, partner at Factory, who uses Claude extensively for various tasks throughout the day. Vik Korrapati, co-founder of a stealth startup, relies on HuggingFace for storing and accessing large-scale datasets. Dave Parker, CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, is building an app that leverages AI tools like WhatsApp, Make.com, and OpenAI to create an interactive platform for members to access information. Minh Le, managing director of venture banking at Stifel Bank, uses ChatGPT for event-related tasks, while Mary O’Kelly Boit finds AI useful in protein design for predicting molecular reactions in different scenarios.
William Zee, principal at Catalyzt, is still exploring AI tools for both personal and professional use, experimenting with tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity to streamline tasks and gather information. Overall, the feedback from attendees at the AI2 Incubator’s event demonstrates a growing interest in and adoption of generative AI tools across various industries. These tools are seen as valuable assets for saving time, improving productivity, and gaining insights in a wide range of applications, indicating a promising future for the intersection of AI and everyday work processes.
