building @tomo

San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2015
5 years ago, I dropped out to join @opalapp because I became obsessed with helping people reclaim their time. Today, I’m faced with a new question: what are we even doing with it? I'm pumped to join @tomo to build the personal AI that helps you stop waiting & start living.
It's been 3 years since AI exploded, but nobody's life has improved outside of Silicon Valley. Tomo is for real humans, like my little brother Lucas and 10,000 other humans taking a chance on themselves every single day.
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Randy Perecman retweeted
We’re releasing Tomo Interest Groups. The video below is an actual Tomo Interest Group interaction that a user shared with us (names anonymized) As Tomo learns more about you, it places you in group chats with other Tomo users pursuing similar goals. When Tomo offered this to 100 users studying for the LSAT, 60% of them opted-in and got placed into group chats with other Tomo users. They then traded notes and coordinated group study sessions, facilitated by Tomo. As more users join Tomo than ever before, they contribute to a pool of people with shared intentions waiting to discover each other. We’re rolling this out to more Tomo users with proven interests in hobbies, sports, careers, and side quests, because people go further together.
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Randy Perecman retweeted
We were gonna keep this internal to Tomo, but we decided to ship it to the public: Introducing the WebMCP Registry, an open index of websites that give AI agents real tools, like "search flights" or "add to cart", so they can use the site directly instead of clicking through it. We loaded the top 100,000 sites in real browsers and recorded every tool they register. We re-check them daily. wmcp.ai
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i'm starting a group chat for sf tech jevs will also be a space to share jev opps and amplify each other's content and work lmk if you want to join
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Randy Perecman retweeted
*ring ring* Today, we’re releasing a preview version of Tomo Voice. Tomosapiens can talk with their Tomo by calling the phone number they already text with, powered by OpenAI Live. In rare cases, your Tomo may also decide to call you first. Calling is especially joyful knowing that Tomo can take real-world actions and update your garden of apps with a realtime verifiable trail of texts and images. Voice is another step towards making accomplishing more in life even more delightful for everyday people. It’s been a ton of fun to try. I hope you pick up!
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The 500,000 people using @tomo, an AI app for personal goals, can now buy across the internet with @link. ❤️‍🔥 I love these examples! => - A user bought a textbook to learn Japanese - A user bought whey protein to get in shape - A user bought a sunrise alarm clock to sleep better
The first-ever purchase made on Tomo came from a user in Hawaii who started using it because she'd always wanted to learn Japanese. Tomo spent $81 on a Japanese textbook for her. Next came $55 whey protein from a user working with Tomo to get in shape, then a $109 sunrise alarm clock from a user working with Tomo to sleep better. Consumers let their personal agent make purchases when they trust that it has their best interests in mind. Pushing people towards their personal ambitions is a great way to start building that trust among everyday people: purchasing items as aspirational as a textbook earns the right to purchase items as mundane as toilet paper. We’re partnering with Stripe so that tomosapiens can approve purchases directly through Link, further closing the gap between aspiration and action for real people.
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Randy Perecman retweeted
The first-ever purchase made on Tomo came from a user in Hawaii who started using it because she'd always wanted to learn Japanese. Tomo spent $81 on a Japanese textbook for her. Next came $55 whey protein from a user working with Tomo to get in shape, then a $109 sunrise alarm clock from a user working with Tomo to sleep better. Consumers let their personal agent make purchases when they trust that it has their best interests in mind. Pushing people towards their personal ambitions is a great way to start building that trust among everyday people: purchasing items as aspirational as a textbook earns the right to purchase items as mundane as toilet paper. We’re partnering with Stripe so that tomosapiens can approve purchases directly through Link, further closing the gap between aspiration and action for real people.
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Awesome product from one of the most genuine people I know
Introducing Offprint™ The physical magazine made from everything you "save for later" but never actually go back to read. Find online, read offline. Print media is back!
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Randy Perecman retweeted
Been working on a physical magazine. A 1-of-1 print of all the the stuff you keep saving online but never actually read. Find online, read offline. Delivered to your doorstep once a month. Demo:
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pov: you've been "about to start" for 8 months now
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the incredible love we got coming out of stealth @tomo makes me more fired up than ever. it reminds us that the world roots for companies that make us better let's get to work.
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We will rise to the occasion @tomo
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Randy Perecman retweeted
Over the past couple of months I watched three of my great friends @raymondhechen, @randyperecman, and @nairvarun18 find each other and work toward a vision of making AI for people to achieve more in life than they could alone. Each one of them is brilliant, kind, and someone I would love to build with. It’s magical how they’ve all come together, and I’m so proud of them on their launch today! Congrats to the @tomo team!!
It's been 3 years since AI exploded, but nobody's life has improved outside of Silicon Valley. Tomo is for real humans, like my little brother Lucas and 10,000 other humans taking a chance on themselves every single day.
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"Cultivate a habit of impatience about the things you most want to do. Don't wait before climbing that mountain or writing that book or visiting your mother. You don't need to be constantly reminding yourself why you shouldn't wait. Just don't wait." - @paulg @tomo
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What I want from the next decade of my life is not more optimization/automation. Rather, I want more diversity of experiences, more stories, even more mistakes. The technology I let into my life should reflect these human pursuits. @tomo
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AI for the human condition
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Justin was one of the few people who spiritually understood the need for an optimistic AI consumer experience back in 2023. He chewed glass through many long months and created something beautiful and powerful. Very inspiring as a friend and a builder and I can’t be more excited for Tomo to help everyone flourish as people
It's been 3 years since AI exploded, but nobody's life has improved outside of Silicon Valley. Tomo is for real humans, like my little brother Lucas and 10,000 other humans taking a chance on themselves every single day.
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Randy Perecman retweeted
There are 70,000+ self-improvement apps in the App Store. @tomo isn’t one of them. It’s a number you text and it’s putting up engagement numbers that rival the most-used apps in the world. With nothing to open or configure, the relationship builds on every text sent. Proud to lead their $5M Seed. But more than that, we're proud of what Tomo users are going to accomplish. @justoutquan @raymondhechen
It's been 3 years since AI exploded, but nobody's life has improved outside of Silicon Valley. Tomo is for real humans, like my little brother Lucas and 10,000 other humans taking a chance on themselves every single day.
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Tomo is the only app I recommend to family and friends back home in Montana when they ask about where they can use AI
It's been 3 years since AI exploded, but nobody's life has improved outside of Silicon Valley. Tomo is for real humans, like my little brother Lucas and 10,000 other humans taking a chance on themselves every single day.
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Randy uses Tomo to remember why the heck he's staying so late in the Tomo office again
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I wouldn't let any other AI near my gf
Replying to @justoutquan
Jesse uses Tomo in a group chat to turn concert posters into dates for him and his fiancée
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