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Ex-Google scientists just raised $6M for an AI startup that claims to be your "second brain"


TwinMind, available on Android and iOS, passively captures background audio to gain context and deliver on-the-go summaries.

Co-founded in March 2024 by Daniel George (CEO) and his former Google X colleagues Sunny Tang and Mahi Karim (both CTOs), TwinMind runs in the background, capturing ambient speech (with user permission) to build a personal knowledge graph. Image Credits: TwinMindHe noted that current AI chatbots — including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude — cannot easily process hundreds of documents or parse sign-ups from tools like LinkedIn or Gmail to gather contextual information. Image Credits: TwinMindBefore joining Google, George worked on applying deep learning to gravitational wave astrophysics as part of the Nobel Prize–winning LIGO group at the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

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