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.DanswerAI (YC W24) is an open source, self-hostable ChatGPT with team-specific knowledge. Instead of searching Slack, Google Drive, Jira, etc, users can get answers by just asking in natural language. Congrats on the launch, Chris Weaver & YuhongSun96!

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Victor Esteban2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 Congratulations! this is awesome

Bilal Aamer2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 Congratulations Team!

Yi Zhang2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 Congrats Danswer team! You guys are doing great work! Heard great feedback about the user experience from your customers.

Adit 🔮2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 Congrats on the launch!

Tony Rios2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 Let's goooo! @DanswerAI has been amazing for us to leverage to get quick answers across our teams' disparate resources!

Hamza Adami2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 Congrats on the launch!

OmniAI (YC W24)2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 This is 🔥 Congrats!

$BMW GIVE AWAY1 year ago

@ChrisWeves ur getting reported lol hope u know rugging is a securities fraud

Maxim Romanovsky2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 The tool looks really great, congrats!

Julien Colombain2 years ago

@DanswerAI @ChrisWeves @YuhongSun96 Great product 🔥

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