X.ai

Owned by Janica Daryanani (Unlicensed)
Dec 26, 2018
3 min read

This tool has solely been researched by the WilsonHCG Innovation team.

Summary


Driven by artificial intelligence and human empathy

Founded in 2014, x.ai is a hardcore technology company with a mission to democratize the personal assistant. We’ve created Amy and Andrew Ingram, autonomous AI assistants who schedule meetings for you. We believe in invisible software, kindness as a design principle, and the power of AI to increase human potential.

We’re backed by blue chip investors including IA Ventures, Firstmark, and Two Sigma Ventures. We are located in New York City.

“I came up with the idea for x.ai after I went through the enormous pain of manually scheduling 1019 meetings in 2012, of which ~670 had updates or were rescheduled at least once. Anybody who goes through that amount of pain will try to find a way to remove it.”Dennis R. Mortensen CEO


We schedule meetings wherever work gets done.

  • In your inbox - Join CC our AI assistants to schedule a meeting. No back and forth.
  • On your Slack - Set something up without interrupting the flow of conversation.
  • AI Engine - Hyper intelligent reasoning engine learns exactly when, where and how long you like to meet.
  • On your webpage - Personalized webpage lets guests book time with you at the click of a button.
  • In your calendar - Click our reschedule link in the invite when plans change at the last minute.


Different types of meetings X.ai sets up:

  • Sales demo for a prospect
  • Phone screen with a candidate
  • Video chat with a remote team member
  • Founder pitch to investors
  • Coffee with a new connection
  • Product team brainstorm
  • Office hours
  • Happy hour with the marketing team
  • And more!


AI Assistants

  • Amy + Andrew understand natural language
  • Operate over email and Slack
  • Set up, reschedule and cancel meetings on request
  • Insert meeting details into invite and update when prompted
  • Schedule instantly with coworkers
  • Book conference rooms
  • Let you set up meetings for other people
  • Time zone conversion and accomodations for all parties
  • Respond to distinct constraints on a per meeting basis
  • Considerate follow ups when guests are unresponsive
  • Negotiate meetings with multiple participants
  • Lead time protection, no last minute surprises!
  • Reminders for meetings scheduled 10+ days in advance


Calendar Page

  • Unique URL for one-click scheduling
  • Customized welcome message
  • Lead time protection, no last minute surprises!
  • Reminders for meetings scheduled 10+ days in advance
  • Draw on the same sophisticated personalized settings as your AI assistants
  • A private search engine for all meetings with instant action buttons


Personalization

  • Connect multiple calendars on Google G Suite or Microsoft Office 365 (Outlook)
  • Put Amy + Andrew on your domain and customize their email signatures
  • Set your own scheduling hours, meeting durations and breather times
  • Set favorite in-person meeting locations
  • Set favorite virtual locations, preferred phone numbers and web conference systems
  • Add and remove team members as you see fit
  • Connect to Zoom for unique meeting links
  • Tell Amy + Andrew when you’re traveling and they won’t schedule at the office


How it works

Our AI software eases the pain of scheduling across your entire company, no matter what your business is. Here are just a few popular uses:

  1. Managers
  2. Freelancers
  3. Entrepreneurs
  4. Recruiters
  5. Sales Reps
  6. Product Managers
  7. Developers


Example: Recruiters - Recruiters have to connect top candidates with the right hiring managers quickly before they lose out on talent. See how Nathan, a recruiter for a social media agency, uses our “Meet Without Me” feature to land the perfect candidate.

  1. Nathan CC’s Andrew in his Applicant Tracking System template. He uses this to set up meetings between candidates and hiring managers for every role he recruits.
  2. Nathan finds Priya, a candidate he likes for a Designer role, and moves her to the interview stage, which automatically sends his templated email.
  3. By handing off the meeting to Andrew, Nathan’s work is done. Andrew sees Nathan’s request and negotiates a time to meet with Priya, based on Susan’s availability and scheduling preferences.
  4. Priya and Susan receive calendar invites for a call on Friday at 1:30. Nathan saves time scheduling and doesn’t have an event blocking his calendar. And Andrew will let Nathan know if for some reason, he cannot set up the interview. Nice.

Awesome! Nathan connected the relevant parties without sacrificing his own time.