@brian_armstrong@ycombinator The plain English part is the unlock.
Question is where that conversation actually happens, a chat window you have to open, or the blue bubble you already check 100x a day?
@thelinqapp is building for the latter.
Today, we're shipping Ask DoorDash, an ordering agent that makes the @DoorDash app easier to use and discover new places. My favorite use cases include asking the assistant to reorder my usual for office lunches and family nights, prompting it to find me new restaurants similar to what I typically order, and building our family's weekly grocery in a couple of minutes by just talking to it and sharing a few recipes we found online. There's 800K+ items across the DoorDash catalog, and it's been a treat to use the assistant to discover so many new places and just how many things are literally in our backyard!
New market map: AI assistants in iMessage ๐ฑ
The next major interface for consumer AI? Text messages.
People donโt want to open an app every time they need help - they want a contact they can text like a friend.
My roundup of the assistants + infra providers below ๐