Continua AI

This week on Julia Turc's "Explaining AI to My Grandpa," our very own Olga Dorabiala explains what is really takes to make an AI agent socially intelligent, and how Continua ensures its users feel seen and heard. Interested in joining our team of Machine Learning engineers? Check out our Careers page and get in touch. https://lnkd.in/ekgpAefi

Thank you to Megan Morrone at Axios for spotlighting Continua as a company that is pioneering Social AI, bringing socially intelligent AI agents to the group chat. OpenAI’s interest in this area validates the general direction, but it is a small piece of the larger picture of what it means for AI to work harmoniously within groups. We meet consumers where they already are - iMessage, Google Messages, Discord, and more. We’ve worked purposefully to give our product the best social etiquette, prioritizing human-to-human connection and nurturing relationships that exist in real life. That is very hard to get right or replicate. We do that by having an AI agent that moves conversations toward meaningful, human-centered moments, and simplifying things that are usually a hassle or easy to forget over time. Our technology makes relationships more human, not less. Continua is not trying to capture your attention, but rather foster community. The goal of Continua’s agent is not for you to spend more time on your phone, but instead to pick it up, make a plan, and touch grass. Continua believes Social AI is a fundamental component of AGI that has largely been ignored by the research to date, and represents one of the biggest remaining challenges in our shared quest for AGI. https://lnkd.in/gNayDri5

Today on Explaining AI to my Grandpa, our founder and CEO David Petrou and Julia Turc explore the question, "How does one induce social intelligence?" https://lnkd.in/e5429rKG

"We’re not a thin wrapper over any LLM. We had to break the LLM’s brain to understand groups of people interacting at the same time. That requires a real level of care," - David Petrou, our founder and CEO on the Alldus AI in Action podcast today. Listen or watch now: https://lnkd.in/ekgjqJ-8.

Thanks to Unicorner for spotlighting Continua this week 🦄 We're energized about the future of Social AI, and were thrilled to share about what it really takes for an AI agent to understand group dynamics. Read the full story, including how Continua understands and classifies intent in order to provide the best experience to the group. https://lnkd.in/e7jvTGsC

“Use of this kind of AI has been in single player mode. We think there’s huge value in bringing AI agents into group conversations," - David Petrou on this week's #TheTechTrek by Elevano. Watch the full interview for more on the future of social AI. https://lnkd.in/eiHEwQfh

"The real magic happens when people feel seen without having to ask" - Shane Hulse, our head of Product. Hear more from Shane on why he's energized about the future of Social AI. https://lnkd.in/emFHbpwS

🍌 Nano Banana has entered the group chat 🍌 Continua now generates images via Google Gemini’s 2.5 Flash Image model that uses natural language to transform photos and text into lifelike 3D models or edited images with high speed and precision. Text Continua at (930) 320-4371 to go from spontaneous ideas to stunning visuals without ever leaving the chat. https://continua.ai/

I love our blog, I really do... In "Seeing Like an LLM," we anthropomorphize the life of an LLM - from eager young model to seasoned assistant - experiencing all the context rug pulls and conundrums we battle building Social AI at Continua AI, Inc. With some whimsy, we reveal how sliding chat windows, stale RAG data, and incomplete contexts confuse even the best models. Check it! https://lnkd.in/ew-PtbP9 (Thanks Davis Yoshida!)

We welcome Ashwin Panchapakesan to the Continua AI team! Ashwin is helping to build our backend systems in our Social AI effort. He's a lover of AI, cooking, skiing, and clever shortcuts. Welcome Ashwin!