Andrew Song

Co-founder and CEO, Whisper. Ordinary radical.

[Andrew Song @songexe]

Wow, amazing new team for @mvernal and an amazing pick-up for @saranormous and the @conviction
team.

Mike partnered with Whisper before we had our first ML model and was my first call until last M&A wire landed. Mike + Sarah + Pranav are going to be a kick-ass team -- congrats!

[Mike Vernal @mvernal]

I’m joining @saranormous, @pranavreddy and the team at @conviction!

The past two years have been the best. I’ve enjoyed the freedom to travel with my family and (assistant) coach my son’s Little League teams, all while continuing to try to help some of the founders and companies I’ve worked with over the past decade.

These two years have confirmed that I love hanging out with my family … and it’s really fun to spend time with amazing, ambitious, impatient entrepreneurs.

We are living through the most exciting technological change of our lifetime (of anyone’s lifetime?). We are on the cusp of having an infinite supply of intelligence. We can literally just convert electricity into intelligence.

It’s hard to sit that one out.

I have known Sarah Guo for years. She’s one of the smartest, hardest-working, most connected and admired investors out there. Founders love her.

Over the past two years, she and the team at Conviction have built one of the most exciting new firms in years. In just two years they have partnered with @harvey_ai, @MistralAI, @SierraPlatform, @cognition_labs, @HeyGen_Official, @cartesia and more. That’s pretty good. In a short period, Sarah and Pranav have emerged as the partners of choice for AI-native companies.

Even more impressive than the track record is the ethos, ambition and culture of the firm (https://t.co/9EjoTo0V60).

At Conviction, we are building a small, hands-on team that deeply understands the technological revolution that is underway, that can serve as a connector between the builders at the center of it and that has the patience, independence and conviction to take an extremely long-term perspective.

And it’s fun to be back at a startup! There are cardboard boxes everywhere and a random humanoid robot hanging out in the kitchen. The most fun I’ve had in my working career was the early, fast-scaling days at Facebook – it’s fun to be back.

I have been fortunate to work with some amazing teams and founders over the past decade (thank you!). Luckily I’ll continue to work with a few – @getcaptionsapp, @clay_gtm, @NotionHQ, @Rippling, @Statsig – for the rest, please don’t be a stranger.

I am grateful to Sarah, Pranav, Christy, Niki and Vivian for welcoming me in and trusting me to be part of the team.

And lastly and most importantly, I am so grateful to my wife and my kids who have hung out with me for the past two years and have been supportive of this new journey.

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@beffjezos happy to see a fellow @UWaterloo behind the great Beff Jezos…

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@jeremydenk having the benefit of living with both, does one approach speak to you as more “true” vs. the other?

[Andrew Song @songexe]

Very cool work from @gogwilt and the @ironclad_inc team!

[Cai Wangwilt @gogwilt]

🚀 Today, we've open-sourced Rivet, a game-changer for #AI agents!

We just launched our first AI agent at @ironclad_inc. But I almost gave up on it, until Andy build v0 of Rivet and showed me what was possible.

Let us know what you think!

https://t.co/v6G0zhBUSg

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@vitalbio Amazing work by @VasuNadella and the @vitalbio team. They are building in a complicated market with sky-high standards from the sins of companies past, yet they continue to make groundbreaking progress on a huge, important mission. Couldn't be prouder to be a small part of it.

[Andrew Song @songexe]

I think I am finally understanding how it must have felt to work through the dot com crash…

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@lessin To be fair, that place was already pretty empty, even in 2019...

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@gogwilt @PandaExpress I love @PandaExpress but still can’t believe you left me for dinner for it.

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@jeremydenk Like is quoting a theme in your recap. Retweet is introducing a new voice in your fugue.

[Bianca Caban @bianca_caban]

It's inspiring to see the practical impacts on everyday life that #AI can have. Check out this podcast with @aixventureshq investment partner @pabbeel and @whisperai1 CEO @songexe where they talk about how AI is being used to improve hearing aids.
https://t.co/fdi7dPkbcv

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@aikeho Don't lump us all together! At @whisperai1, we use "real AI" in our hearing aids. Those models improve sound performance, and that leads to better patient experiences. Plus, the FDA is actively pushing the hearing health market towards verticalized care...

[Andrew Song @songexe]

Thanks for hosting me, @pabbeel! It was great to talk AI x hearing aids and the exciting future ahead on @therobotbrains!

[Pieter Abbeel @pabbeel]

Hard to imagine a space more amenable to modern AI disruption than hearing aids. @WhisperAi is doing exactly that!

Co-founder/CEO @songexe is hard at work ensuring no-one has to forego being part of the conversation

https://t.co/56RaLvV63R

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@jeremydenk Why not Bach in Dolores Park? Win-win.

[Andrew Song @songexe]

My co-founder @dwightcrow wrote a great blog post on the early history and ideas behind Whisper. Read more here! https://t.co/Am5io1uNGQ

[Andrew Song @songexe]

The interest in Whisper has been astounding since we came out of stealth last week! One thing I'm especially grateful for is to be able to talk in-depth with Karl Strom from @HearingReview about Whisper and our new product. You can read his write-up here: https://t.co/FO93NIVrP1

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@gusto is there a way to hook up @expensify to gusto so that approved expense reports are auto-reimbursed on next payroll?

[Andrew Song @songexe]

It's awesome working with a great team to shape the future of messaging. https://t.co/lAx5Wcf9Fy

[David Marcus @davidmarcus]

Taking a 1st stab at reinventing the inbox, meet your new home on Messenger

[Andrew Song @songexe]

Viennoiserie: astonishingly hard to find in...Vienna.

[Andrew Song @songexe]

Getting ready to go on stage at @sparkdotme to talk Messenger! Message me with questions here or on Messenger at https://t.co/7Gg4Q6Ahmb

[Andrew Song @songexe]

@Veronica saw that you're also a speaker at @sparkdotme. Would love to grab breakfast -- DM me?