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Edo Segal is actively raising money for his startup, but even with the investor meetings he has scheduled, his calendar is wide open. That’s because Segal has been using an AI doppelganger to help do the pitching for him.
This isn’t some cutesy cartoon avatar. The realistic-looking clone, designed by Segal’s AI startup, Touchcast, matches his voice and mannerisms, from the tilt of his brow to the attentive gaze. The service can read a PowerPoint presentation and turn it into a script for the digital double, as well as incorporate documents and online content to generate responses. In a demo over Zoom, Segal’s clone was so lifelike I almost forgot it was entirely synthetic. “Investors can talk to my twin for as long as they want, ask any number of questions,” said Segal, a serial entrepreneur who is raising a Series B funding round for Touchcast. “With the digital twin, you can afford to simultaneously have countless conversations with numerous investors.” A growing number of AI companies now offer services that can mimic the way someone speaks, looks and writes through audio and video generators, as well as chatbots. These tools, while far from perfect, can help people resurrect the voice of a loved one or message with facsimiles of their favorite celebrities. But some startups, including Touchcast and Synthesia, are focusing on using eerily convincing digital replicas for work tasks. Source: Bloomberg
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