Upgrade the voice in your head.
Why we exist
We believe feeling like your best self should feel possible every day. So much of life comes down to mindset, and mindset is really just your inner voice: the tone you use with yourself, the story you tell about what’s possible, the way you handle setbacks. That is why we set out to work on a truly personal AI that speaks and listens in the most natural way possible, helping you think more clearly, feel more understood, and move through life with greater ease and less to worry.
- Inner voiceHow you talk to yourself
- MindsetHow you see what’s possible
- LifeHow you move through it
If your inner voice shapes your mindset, and your mindset shapes your life, then upgrading that voice could change everything.
Fun fact: That’s why we named our AI Ivy, short for Inner Voice.
How we build In Ear Voice
Two principles guide every decision we make.
Voice first
For decades we’ve had to play by the computer’s rules, staring at screens and typing so it could understand us. Now the technology finally exists for the computer to adapt to us. With Ivy, you just talk.
People first
Most AI today is built to replace people and do the thinking for them. Ivy does the opposite: it grows your agency and strengthens your own skills.
Built with care in San Francisco
Decades of hands-on AI experience, from Stanford research to consumer products used by millions. We spent a decade on trust, safety, identity and privacy at Airbnb, because your inner voice deserves nothing less.
Bipin holds a Master’s in Machine Learning from Stanford, where he co-authored several papers at the intersection of unsupervised deep learning and neuroscience. He then spent more than a decade leading Airbnb’s Trust & Safety, Identity, and Privacy teams. Earlier, he led Yahoo’s original audio search engine.
Maikel has spent the past decade at Airbnb obsessing over user experience, at the intersection of customer empathy and product strategy. He has personally reviewed thousands of customer issues with one goal: no frustration goes unresolved. Word is he treats the messiest problems as trophies waiting to be won.
- Bipin Suresh
Bipin holds a Master’s in Machine Learning from Stanford, where he co-authored several papers at the intersection of unsupervised deep learning and neuroscience. He then spent more than a decade leading Airbnb’s Trust & Safety, Identity, and Privacy teams. Earlier, he led Yahoo’s original audio search engine.
- Maikel Kus
Maikel has spent the past decade at Airbnb obsessing over user experience, at the intersection of customer empathy and product strategy. He has personally reviewed thousands of customer issues with one goal: no frustration goes unresolved. Word is he treats the messiest problems as trophies waiting to be won.
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