There is a Y Combinator company called Simbi (YC S16) that has a pretty cool mission, is a fun way to meet people & be a useful/caring friend at the same time. I think they are onto something because people want more than just a life full of emotionless transactions.
Computational psycholinguistics is very interesting subject in AI. Language as a window into the brain. Recently interviewed an expert who works in the field. Made me aware of the famous "nun" study which was able to predict dementia 50 years prior based on the idea density of their entrance essays.
https://soundcloud.com/user-925097294/michael-covington
Interesting article. I just featured a guest on my show talking about computational psycholinguistics and using Language as a Window to the Brain. He became interested in the subject after reading about the famous "nun study" predicting dementia.
https://soundcloud.com/user-925097294/michael-covington
Scaphold, along with Reindex, are pretty interesting. Don't know a lot about graphql, but it looks like they're both positioning to be firebase competitors. Both would have the distinct advantage (for the user, disadvantage for them) of using regular graphql queries in an app, meaning a project could easily migrate from one graphQL backend to another (whereas Firebase would require significant refactoring).
yes it is scaphold.io and there was the first GraphQL summit last week in San Francisco and they were mentioning all the companies changing over and hiring for graphql skills.
I just met a YC founder and I do think her startup fosters this type of community and builds deeper relationships beyond the typical "transactional" world.
Just interviewed the founder https://soundcloud.com/user-925097294/simbi-ceo-11116-316-pm
& the #1 poweruser of the site https://soundcloud.com/user-925097294/simbi-poweruser-mike-w...