Not imaginary... that is the world we live in, who gave 3 year old boy money for a startup?
Okay for real, this is a startup that makes a device, that you wear on your neck, and talks to you, and pretends to be your friend 😳. Let that sink in for a moment.
Modern paradox, you can buy yourself a friend for 100$ but you can't buy a beer to a random guy in a bar and have a chat with him 🤷, if you're in the market for one of these, please consider talking to a therapist, maybe.
Anyways, back to the company and the founder. The company was founded by Avi Schiffmann, a 21 year old guy from Seattle, USA. He raised $2.5Million and he spent about 72% of the budget on the domain name. Yes you read that right, $1.8Million went to purchase friend.com. That's an insane amount, yet again, this is the best marketing campaign you could've ever dreamt of.
Curious if is he pulling an Elon Musk move here, where he does something dumb, and everybody talks about him and his company. Or is he just stupid? We'll see what comes out of it eventually.
Now about the device, not much is know about it, it was just announced, but from the ad we can distinguish a couple of things. See it bellow:
We can see that the device roasts you, even if you actually have friends, and honestly nobody even asks it's opinion. Also a bit confusing how the hell does it see that I'm outside 🌄, playing a video game 🎮, or eating a dank falafel 🧆. By the looks of it, no camera is visible... So I'll just assume it's marketing.
In terms of security this is almost the perfect human tracker, it even looks like an Apple Tag 😅. It has a microphone 🎙️ - to hear you talk, a gps tracker 📍 (likely from your phone) - to understand you're outside or not, a battery 🔋 that should last for a long time, an internet connection 🛜 to process and answer your AI requests.
Remember this is a company in it's incipiency, it has no proven record that it can store safely your private data and the information about you. We literally don't know anything about them. So I'd be careful to order one of these for myself. I'd rather wait until MKBHD roasts it and kills the company 🪦.
One more thing, I know that the world we live in, can be a bit sad, grumpy and unfriendly place. However AI is not answer to a social problem. You will find always more sympathy in and respect in another human. We are ultimately social by nature. If you have problems finding yourself a friend, please visit a doctor or talk to a therapist, if that's too much, fee free to write me a message on Twitter or even reply to this email.
