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THE OPERATING SYSTEM FOR AI EXISTS AND IT'S THE BROWSER. aside.computer

we started YC as an AI sales call assistant. we were wrong now we're building: a browser you don't have to use. wait WTF is this pivot? here's the story: real-time AI in sales calls breaks in practice. we had to deliver answers within ~0.8s, with high accuracy. today's models can't do both. the only way is to connect everything: HubSpot, Slack, past calls. but who would do that for a new AI agent? it never really works. meanwhile, our team's strength was very clear: we're good at crafting products with deep engineering. e.g. we didn't use Electron. we forked Chromium and modified the Blink engine just to support Liquid Glass. but sales wasn't where this mattered and honestly, we didn't enjoy building sales tools bc my dream since age 9 was building a software everyone uses then we realized: our work lives in browser tabs and if we already know how to fork Chromium, why not build the browser? so we’re building a new kind of browser that: - as beautiful as Arc - as light as Firefox - can run long tasks like Claude - as proactive as OpenClaw coming soon. + we're hiring: - design engineer - agent harness engineer if you want to build the browser everyone uses in 5 years, DM me > aside.computer

big bang @AsideAI

merry christmas folks @AsideAI

@hiddnest 👀

something is in the air a huge update is coming to @AsideAI

@hiddnest this sparks joy

trying to take care of every small interaction @AsideAI the joy of software really comes from these kinds of things

[Whiteboard has two sides: Bidirectional explanation matters] You have an idea and want to build it as soon as possible. But when you build something together, whether with people or even with AI, the result often comes out in such a different way. This happens because everyone is imagining different things. When you say [a red circle], one person thinks of [an apple] and another thinks of [a stop sign]. So it becomes important to make everyone hold the same image as you. How can we do that? In @AsideAI, we use the whiteboard with "both sides." 1) A (the one with the idea) starts writing and explaining, and B writes what they understood on the other side. 2) B explains their version, and A marks differences or misunderstandings. 3) A and B look at A's side together and calibrate. 4) After a few iterations, turn it into a prompt-like text and start working. You might think this slows us down. But in my experience, most tasks get slow because people don't really know what they are doing. You end up fixing things, rebuilding logic, and dealing with edge cases that pop up later. Explain things in a bidirectional way. People stay aligned, and you catch pitfalls much earlier.

@hiddnest @ycombinator @cursor_ai move fast!

so… @ycombinator demo day wrapped. back to coding. Introducing: Ask @cursor_ai Product changes so fast, but docs take time to catch up. With Cursor's Cloud Agent API, @AsideAI pulls answers from your codebase, so your calls stay up to date. Coming soon!

Introducing: 𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 @AsideAI With folders, you can organize your meetings and manage access much more easily. We've considered calling them [tags], but we chose [folders] because it was more familiar and intuitive. Even though YC demo day is tomorrow, we keep building and shipping fast.

@hiddnest this one sparks joy ✨

shipped a small feature today at @AsideAI we now load related Gmail threads, HubSpot records and past meeting notes in a single timeline view funny how the smallest details end up being the ones users actually want

happy thanksgiving fam

no more vibe coding, it's time for vibe fundraising you're welcome sf founders

from chief landing page officer @AsideAI - update your landing page on thanksgiving (btw, everything in this page are pure html/js code, no gifs)

@hiddnest my favorite one

who wants some stickers? @AsideAI

@hiddnest Johny

Introducing 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑉𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑦 @AsideAI Aside kept calling me Johny instead of Chanhee. Not anymore. now it pulls participant/product names from your meeting context and transcribes them precisely. live suggestion accuracy is also improved!

we never forgot where we came from. you can even see it in our logo @AsideAI. we started as a meeting notetaker and kept evolving. now we’re building real time coaching that helps every rep become your best rep.