Agentic Inside You.com’s Plan to Outthink Google and OpenAI
May 2, 2025
Richard Socher, CEO and co-founder of You.com, is a trailblazing AI researcher with a storied background at Salesforce. Joining him is Bryan McCann, CTO and co-founder, a seasoned AI scientist passionate about NLP and text generation. They discuss their innovative search engine, ARI, which redefines enterprise search by blending accuracy with speed. The duo reflects on the evolution of AI, the significance of AGI, and the importance of specialized knowledge in the AI sector, while offering insights into building successful startups in a competitive landscape.
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You.com's Unique Accuracy Edge
- You.com excels by retrieving accurate answers combining public and company internal data.
- This sets it apart from other LLM chat interfaces that rely only on static, limited sources.
Founders' Stanford Origin Story
- Richard and Bryan met at Stanford where collaboration began during Bryan's undergrad days.
- Their partnership led to pioneering AI research, including the influential DECA NLP model.
Ari Powers Deep Enterprise Research
- Ari, You.com's deep research agent, provides comprehensive, detailed reports surpassing traditional quick answer engines.
- It combines external web data with internal company data for rich enterprise productivity.