Category: Startups
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How Rent the Runway is being data driven
In a recent interview with Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder and CEO of Rent the Runway Jennifer Hyman described her business as a ‘discovery platform’. Rent the Runway enables people to rent fashion items, either as part of a subscription or as a one-off. Rent the Runway is a two-sided marketplace with users renting items from specific…
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What does generative AI have in store for us?
Whilst generative AI isn’t a new concept. Unlike traditional AI technologies, generative AI doesn’t predict or classify based on input; it generates content and images based on text input. This form of AI first became popular in 2014, through the introduction of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). In this post, I’ll focus mostly on image generation…
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Copy.ai (Product Review)
My summary of Copy.ai before using it? A design friend of mine recently referred to the likes of Copy.ai, Linear and Vev as “great examples of modern software”, referring to the simplicity and intuitiveness of these products. Intrigued, I decided to check out Copy.ai, expecting a service around copywriting. How does Copy.ai explain itself in…
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Roam (Product Review)
My summary of Roam before using it – I’ve heard people say that Roam is a really good note taking app. It takes me back to when Evernote used to be a really good note taking app and my life was in Evernote … (sighs and carries on). How does Roam explain itself in the…
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Scenery (Product Review)
My summary of Scenery before using it – Listening to an episode of the Greymatter podcast, I heard Maya Frai at Greylock Partners describe Scenery as a product that “is bringing much-needed disruption to video editing tools through a collaborative platform.” I therefore expect a tool that makes it easy to collaborate around video, similar…
