While workers spend much of their day of communication and coordination with each other on projects, this effort is often undermined by the availability of specific individuals. When a colleague with vital information is away – either on vacation or in a different time zone – the rest of the group should delay progress until this person responds.
Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, the co-founders of the Octaplas-a start of AI hires attributed to the latest at $ 2.1 billion-believe that developments in LLM and data privacy technologies can help solve certain aspects of this cost of problem. Earlier this year, Viven began, a digital twin with a mission to grant employees access to critical information from teammates, even when these colleagues are not available.
On Wednesday, Viven was nominated by Stealth with $ 35 million in seed funding by Khosla Ventures, the Capital Foundation, FPV Ventures and more.
Viven develops a specialized LLM for each employee, effectively creating a digital twin with access to his internal electronic documents, such as email, Slack and Google Docs. Other employees of the organization may then ask the digital twin of the individual to receive immediate answers about joint projects and joint knowledge.
“When each person has a digital twin, you can simply talk to their twin as if you were talking to this person and getting the answer,” Ashutosh Garg told TechCrunch.
A big obstacle is that people just can’t share everything with anyone who asks. Employees often handle sensitive information or have personal files that want to keep privately from the rest of the group.
According to Garg, Viven’s technology solves this complex problem through a concept known as Pairwise Framework and Privacy. This allows LLMS of the start to accurately determine what information can be shared and with whom throughout the body.
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Viven’s LLMs are smart enough to identify the personal framework and know what information should remain private – such as the questions related to an employee’s personal life. But perhaps the most important assurance is that anyone can see the history of their digital twin question, which acts as a deterrent against people asking inappropriate questions.
“It’s a very difficult problem for resolving, and until recently, it was indefinable,” said Ashu Garg, a Capital Foundation General at TechCrunch.
Viven is already used by various business customers, including Genpact and eight times. (Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia co -founders continue to drive eight times, dividing their time between this company and running Viven.)
In terms of competition, Ashutosh Garg claims that no other company is dealing with digital twins for the business yet.
He was not sure that there were no competitors when he initially started thinking about the idea. So he called Vinod Khosla to ask. The legendary investor assured Ashutosh Garg that no one is doing this and agreed to invest.
Ashu Garg of the Foundation’s Capital was just as excited about Viven.
“When Ashutosh came to me and described the product, the Big Aha for me was: there is this horizontal problem in all the coordination and communication jobs, which no one is automating,” Ashu Garg told Techcrunch.
But just because there are no immediate competitors now, this does not mean that other companies will not create digital twins for companies in the future. Ashu Garg said that the anthropogenic, Google’s Gemina, Microsoft Copilot and Openai business search products have a personalization element. But, if they enter this market, Viven hopes that “Pairwise” environmental technology will be its ditch.
