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AI made each of us faster. Now it's time for teams. We raised $108M to fix the biggest bottleneck at work: waiting on each other. Our cofounders @jgreze and @tonydevincenzi explain in our latest blog post:

Your Townie just got a Halloween costume! Ivy is a witch. Cleo is a pumpkin in a cape. Both are very committed to the bit. Sign in or sign up by Saturday, October 31 to see yours. Happy Halloween from Ivy, Cleo, and the rest of our Townie team!

What if your AI made the first move? Most people still don't know what to ask AI. Our CEO @jgreze talks to @FastCompany about what changes when your assistant goes first.

RT @jgreze: I just finished reading @ElenaVerna's article on '996' culture in AI and whether we're filtering people out of the industry because of it. I agree with so much of it. It's always been a badge of honor for me that I can outwork anybody if that's what the job requires. A long time ago, I was a lawyer and it taught me what it means to work truly hard. In hindsight, this was silly because that work really didn't deserve my undivided attention at the cost of health, friendships, and being happy. But still I learned that there are times in life when going all-in really can make a difference. Today, as the founder of Town, with an incredible wife and two amazing kids and, yes, friends still and hobbies and many commitments I take seriously outside of work, I have many things that deserve (and/or demand) my time and my love. And Town is the most immediately demanding of those things. It merits attention: for my employees to have an incredible outcome, for our customers who rely on us to run their business, for our investors who clamor for an outsized return, etc. And the business can always use more of me. Every minute of my time spent on Town has such high ROI. Early in the journey, founder time is so high leverage. And yet I say no to many of Town's demands. Should I feel guilty about saying no? I am old enough to live mostly post-guilt thankfully. Elena's articles speaks perfectly as to why I say no. Before starting Town, my wife and I sat down together and agreed on what it would mean for me to be a great and happy husband, dad, founder, and friend. We talked about the things that are sacred to us that I wouldn't compromise on. The places where she could help me and where I could help her. It was a tough discussion. The tradeoffs meant I would not be the best dad. Nor the best founder. Nor the best husband. I'd be in ok physical shape but not in great shape. We had the discussion and we agreed on the kind of life we wanted. And now we're doing our best to live up to it. Town reflects the tradeoffs from that conversation. I think for the best, not just for me, but for our employees. My co-founder Tony and I have been intentional about building a culture where you can be a great parent and a great employee, where you can be happy in your work life and your personal life, where it's ok to crank when the business needs it, but also to step back when you need it. A lot of parents don't think they can work in AI or startups and still show up for their spouse and their kids. You can. Our team composition is proof of it. A lot of people think all of your employees have to 996 or else you won't win as a business. Our growth and success is proof that you can win simply by building a culture that knows when to push hard and when not to, a culture that gives agency for people to govern their time and commitments, trust that people will do what's right both for themselves and the company. I am very proud of what we're building here. The product, the company, and the culture. Maybe there is an alternate reality where another Town has employees cranking 996 (or 997!) and maybe it's a better business. But I don't think so. I think it has worst talent. I think it's less able to step back and build the right things. I think it loses its soul and burns out before it can be truly great. So no, we're not doing 996.

The last mile for your Townie is the login page. Coming soon with @1Password for Agents: your Townie will be able to sign in with your personal 1Password logins and finish the job. You'll approve logins in 1Password, and your Townie won't see the contents of your credentials.

@1Password Your Townie will be able to pull last month's spend from your ad platforms into one report, download a year of invoices from a vendor portal, or upload your W-9 to a customer's procurement portal.

@1Password Integrations cover the big tools. This partnership will cover the rest of the internet, starting with personal 1Password accounts. Get set up with Town in the meantime →

Town Routines are now collaborative. A teammate builds a daily metrics routine. His manager wants to see two more numbers. She asks her Townie and tomorrow's report has it. Routines are now collaborative. Invite your team to edit a routine in a thread, and they can ask their Townie to change it without filing a ticket or waiting on the owner.

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RT @MTSlive: Town CEO @jgreze explains why AI adoption outside San Francisco moves at the speed of humans, not the speed of AI: "Diffusion of technology always happens at the speed of humans. The limiting factor to any new product or technology is humans willing to try it and accept it." "When we go talk to a mid-market warehousing business in the middle of the country, workers are using a little bit of AI, mostly as a replacement to Google." "When the iPhone came out, a lot of people were like, why would I need an iPhone? I have a flip phone. I’m really happy with it." "The speed at which assistants have gone over the last six to seven months, from almost no one using it to millions of people using it, is actually really fast. But from single-digit millions to two, three billion people who do knowledge work in the world, it’s gonna take some time." @TownAI

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Most AI assistants are built for the edges of life: dinner reservations, flight changes, subscription cancellations. We think the real opportunity is the center of it. Work fills 8+ hours of most people's day, and that's where Town helps. We just raised $108M from @ForerunnerVC, @MenloVentures, @a16z, @firstround, and more to go all in.

Thank you to all our investors, to our team, and to the thousands of businesses who already trust their Townies with their workday. The best part is still ahead.

A few more things we believe: 1. Your context is yours. By default, we never use it to train a model. You shouldn't have to bet on one AI provider. 2. Town uses the right model for each job. 3. AI at work should be for everyone, not just the most technical people on the team.

AI should do more than make each of us faster on our own. Today the bottleneck is each other: waiting on a reply, an updated model, an approval. So everyone gets their own Townie that knows their people, projects, and voice, and the Townies handle the back-and-forth.

Thank you to @ForerunnerVC, @MenloVentures, @a16z, @firstround, and all our investors, to our team, and to the thousands of businesses who already trust their Townies with their workday. The best part is still ahead.

A few more things we believe: Your context is yours. By default, we never use it to train a model. You shouldn't have to bet on one AI provider. Town uses the right model for each job. AI at work should be for everyone, not just the most technical people on the team.

RT @jgreze: The biggest bottleneck at work is waiting on each other. Today Town is announcing its $108M Series B, co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures, to fix it with multiplayer AI assistants for work. Most AI assistants are built for one person. Work doesn't happen alone. I think the moat is multiplayer. Everyone at a company gets a Townie. Townies ask each other questions, share only what their person would share, and do the work. The more a team works together, the more useful Townies get. What's the thing you're always waiting on a teammate for?