Proemial, supported by well-known tech leaders such as the
Amazon CTO, is now launching the groundbreaking knowledge platform,
‘proem’. proem answers user questions backed by scientific research
papers and leverages AI to summarize the findings, helping
non-experts easily understand and share even complex
knowledge.
Siri’s first Head of Product and Design, Mads Rydahl, has
funneled his extensive knowledge of AI and Large Language Models
(LLMs) into a new company; Proemial. The startup, co-founded by
serial entrepreneur Geet Khosla and tech veteran Brian Pedersen,
tackles the most significant problem of accessing credible
knowledge through search engines and AI-tools:
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Based in Aarhus, Denmark, Proemial is
founded by (from left) tech veteran Brian Pedersen, serial
entrepreneur Geet Khosla, and Mads Rydahl, Siri's first Head of
Product and Design. The new startup recently closed a pre-seed
round of $2.2M from People Ventures, Dreamcraft Ventures, and a
group of angel investors with advisors from Apple, Google, Meta,
and tech leaders including Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon. (Photo:
Business Wire)
“Today’s search and AI-powered tools often hallucinate false
information, making it look credible, which only adds rocket fuel
to the raging fire of misinformation we face globally in every
sector of the media, education, policy, and knowledge economy,”
says Rydahl, who with Proemial wants to give people access to
up-to-date, research-backed knowledge: “Proemial is building a
platform that makes it possible, for the first time, for anyone to
truly understand cutting-edge scientific research; at any level of
expertise, and apply the insights in their daily lives; in the
classroom, boardroom, research lab, or newsroom.”
The team built a simple, yet powerful, way to get answers to
complex, important questions supported by references from the
largest repository of scientific research in the world. Scientific
knowledge is constantly evolving and proem will keep users
up-to-date on the latest insights by adding over 410,000 new
research papers every month. The platform will be open and free,
allowing anyone to further dive into specific scientific papers,
using LLMs to summarize and explain complex topics in the paper and
customize an inspiring feed where users can learn, discuss, and
connect with others over new insights and breakthroughs.
Uniquely, proem goes beyond just providing summaries of research
papers, by allowing users to chat with research papers in
conversational, non-technical language, enabling deep dives into
research, even for individuals and groups with no science
background. proem adapts to users’ language style without
sacrificing insight and without resorting to misleading info that
plague some AI tools’ output.
Public beta released today
Proemial’s first beta product - proem - will be released
today to a growing waitlist that includes people from organizations
like CERN, Novo Nordisk, Google (Alphabet), Facebook (Meta), MIT,
Cornell, and Amazon, whose CTO, Werner Vogels is an advisor and
strong supporter of Proemial’s vision:
“One of the hardest issues Amazon engineers have to deal with is
understanding which research is most applicable to the problem they
are trying to solve,” he says. “With their innovative use of
cutting-edge AI, conversational design, and a deep understanding of
science dissemination, Proemial is creating a product that will
help us dig through the mountains of publications. I look forward
to supporting them in bringing this to life, and I, for one, plan
to become a user of their application.”
A small group of the company’s advisors and invited users have
been testing the product for some time, reporting incredible
results. One advisor called co-founder and CEO of Proemial, Geet
Khosla, to share her experience:
“One of her family members was recently diagnosed with diabetes
and prescribed a drug. When she researched this drug using Google
and AI tools like ChatGPT, she got general, unreferenced answers or
blue links filled with ads,” he recalls. “Using proem, she got a
meta-analysis conducted on 10,000 people comparing this specific
drug to a few other options. For the first time in her life, she
could easily understand the research papers referenced, and ask
further questions to the specific paper, which helped her realize
that a different drug might perform better. She sent the paper to
the family doctor, who hadn’t seen this fairly new research. Her
family member is now on a different, better suited drug.”
The diabetes example underscores the value of what happens when
people discover, understand, connect, and apply the vast deep
knowledge present in scientific papers, says Khosla: “We aim to
build a platform that helps us deepen our understanding by
leveraging the two most powerful fundamental technologies created
by humans - the Scientific Method and AI,” says Proemial’s
co-founder, who wants to make it easy, almost addictive, to dive
deep into any topic or niche, by asking simple questions and
getting trustworthy answers with references:
“We envision an exciting future, where the knowledge in research
papers is actionable for everyone to apply, ushering in a future of
continued progress. The solutions to some of our biggest problems
are being solved in research papers that nobody reads - until
now.”
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About Proemial
Proemial is founded by serial tech entrepreneur Geet Khosla, the
first Head of Product and Design at Siri, AI Product Visionary Mads
Rydahl, and tech veteran, hacker, and experienced CTO Brian
Pedersen. The company seeks to revolutionize the way we discover,
understand, and connect around our important questions and their
nuanced answers. The stellar team, handpicked by the founders,
includes many people who have worked at tech unicorns, in the US
and Europe, who are all galvanized by the mission to bring society
closer to scientific knowledge, and attempt to solve society’s
greatest challenges.
In December 2023, the startup closed their pre-seed round of
$2.2M, led by Danish VC, People Ventures, co-led by Dreamcraft
Ventures, and supported by a group of angel investors and advisors
from Apple, Google, Meta, tech leaders including Werner Vogels, CTO
of Amazon, Tom Gruber, Founder/CTO of Siri (Apple), and academic
luminary Serge Belongie from The Pioneer Centre for AI/ former
Cornell Tech Dean.
Learn more: www.proemial.ai
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