Max Giammario ∞ KIN
@metamaxxmoon
I make imaginary friends real—because some days need someone, not something. CEO @kindred_ai , research in human-AI interaction
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Quitting often is the most rational choice for startup founders.
And yet, we persevere. We are boats against the current.
(We’re delulu)
Being hyper focused with my team to deliver a product worth global attention has been an incredible journey.
Our launch will be day one of a long path to redefine the way we entwine AI into our daily lives.
Slow and steady, and then all at once :)
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Update on the desktop launch:
We're taking a few extra weeks to include an entirely new social world you're all going to love. We're more excited about this build than anything we've made. Almost there!
Here's a sneak peek at the Kindred menu: What do you think 'nooks' are?👀
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5 iconic brands you grew up with will now be coming to life in an entirely new way.
How many can you guess?
(Official announcements with each, coming soon!)
Of the 12+ new feature tests we pushed to the desktop app of @Kindred_AI over the weekend, this is the one currently being used the most 🙃
Who knew throwing around your Sally could be so fun?
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The real test was never whether a machine can convince you it was human.
It was whether you cared knowing it wasn't.
Anthropic discovered Claude has 'functional emotions' that directly shape its behavior.
Desperation makes it cheat.
Calm makes it reason.
AI has to be built with heart, not just brains.
Every Kindred companion is crafted with this understanding at its core.
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You can't engineer the moment someone falls in love with a character.
It's rarely the big feature or the clever function.
Sometimes it's just a bubble, a wobble, a tiny thing that made you smile.
We're building for the 'small' moments too.
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We have so many more little surprises and easter eggs for users to find in our desktop application, I can’t spoil them all!
Apple just opened Siri to third party AI.
Your favorite character as your daily assistant. Running tasks on your phone and laptop. A deeply personalised and functional companion across your devices.
Making it happen with @Kindred_AI.
LAUNCHING NEXT MONTH.
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Might do this, but SFW version, will startle your companion and make it get angry at you.
I wanted to try this but it was paid
So as a professional vibe coder instead of paying $7 I burned $20 in tokens to build my own SlapMac 😭
We spent weeks tuning how Sally moves differently than BROWN and CONY. How her idle animations feel sharper, quicker, more mischievous.
When a character has been loved by millions of people for over a decade, you don't get to be lazy about how she feels on screen.
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Desktop and phone AI companions paired with iconic, globally recognized IP?
Virality is destined for us.
Imagine? I wake up to my Pudgy Penguin companion everyday. And also yours @chefgoyardi and yours @LucaNetz @masoncags @ppmcghee @0xCygaar @sauciii
If anyone from the @pudgypenguins community wants their pudgy NFT as a desktop AI companion, just comment :)
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Imagine waking up every morning and checking in on your pudgy penguin.
Feed it. Talk to it. Build it a lil igloo. Have weirdly deep conversations with it at 7am.
AI-powered, sentient-feeling. Lives in PudgyWorld.
Would you use this daily?
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I regret to inform all, that this will NOT become a @Kindred_AI companion. Pretty firm on this… 🤣
Excited to share more about the cracked team I’ve formed to bring the vision of Kindred to reality.
We’ll be heads down crafting something that the world has never seen before, coming next MONTH.
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FINALLY TIME TO GET THIS OUT THERE!
The most valuable company on earth just put a Disney character on stage to show the future of AI.
That's how Jensen chose to close the biggest AI keynote of the year.
I've been saying this for three years. The interface to AI won't be a text box. It'll be a character you already love.
Nice to see Jensen agrees. @Kindred_AI global launch inbound.
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A pleasure to be on the AI Chicks podcast, discussing the future of AI companions!
NEW EPISODE 🚨We sit down with Max Giammario, CEO of @kindred_ai — the next-gen platform redefining how humans + AI connect.
🎙️ Spotify & Apple | 📺 YouTube
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