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Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 1:53 AM UTC

brokensegue wrote: post #8

tornato7 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's online-only, chatbot-driven, no sales associates in offices to visit. You just snap some pics on your phone and you're insured.

i get my renters insurance through geico and i didnt have to take any pictures at all

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Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by axaxs » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 1:56 AM UTC

tornato7 wrote: post #5

giantg2 wrote: post #3

Why is Lemonade radical?

It's online-only, chatbot-driven, no sales associates in offices to visit. You just snap some pics on your phone and you're insured.

Personally, I find these companies dreadful. I tried it just to see and got flustered by the 5th question or so(renters). Typically, I just call a company, choose a coverage amount, and am done in all of 2 minutes.

Wing, or Wing Alpha, is another that attempted this, to do number porting via chatbot texting back and forth. No thanks.

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by kasey_junk » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 1:57 AM UTC

Radical is a hard bar to get over but I routinely tell people fly.io is the most interesting infrastructure company out there right now.

If only I had time to build all the things on it I want to.

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by replwoacause » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 2:16 AM UTC

tornato7 wrote: post #5

giantg2 wrote: post #3

Why is Lemonade radical?

It's online-only, chatbot-driven, no sales associates in offices to visit. You just snap some pics on your phone and you're insured.

My experience with them was really positive. Metromile is another good example of a company like this.

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by tcbasche » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 2:54 AM UTC

tornato7 wrote: post #5

giantg2 wrote: post #3

Why is Lemonade radical?

It's online-only, chatbot-driven, no sales associates in offices to visit. You just snap some pics on your phone and you're insured.

Gotta be honest, that sounds dreadful. What happens if you need to talk to a human?

edit: lately I've been able to sign up for insurance (car/contents) online-only anyway

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by eappleby » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 4:00 AM UTC

A little on the nose, but check out RADiCAL (https://getrad.co/). 3D Motion Capture from your phone. It's already pretty useful in the entertainment world, but once they bring down their rendering times, the possibilities are pretty exciting.

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by mrDmrTmrJ » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 5:36 AM UTC

Maybe not radical, but I'm have a really good experience with https://www.future.fit/

They pair you with a personal trainer who comes up with a detailed workout plan just for you. Each workout arrives as a set of videos, showing ever exercise or stretch stitched together. You just follow along the video, but it's based exactly on what you want to achieve. (E.g. 'lessening pain from sitting and getting active'.)They send you an apple watch to track heart rate and ensure you're active.

B/c you text with your coach, and they see you're activity, you have a ton of accountability. So I've been working out more than ever while locked at home :)

Yes, it's a little expensive. But far cheaper than in person personal training. I'm benefiting from it!

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by cch_ » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 6:00 AM UTC

https://nius.tv is a next-gen news aggregator that uses an AI anchor. The mobile app will be released in October.

For now you can check out news videos here, https://twitter.com/nius_tv or subscribe to their website to get newsletters.

There is also a Medium post detailing the tech and motivation, https://medium.com/@calufa/converting-news-into-video-storie....

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by AndrewOMartin » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 8:14 AM UTC

mabil wrote: post #4

Semco [1] It is not a new company but they are still miles ahead when dealing with transparency, work-life-balance and many others well being attributes for its employees and future generation. I would love to see and know more radical companies in terms of methodoligies and personal evolution as examples as well, not only tech. [1] https://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_how_to_run_a_compan... edit: clarification

Thanks for this post. You saved me the embarrassment of writing something like "that company that ran everything in a much more humane way and benefited for it that a friend told me about years ago but I forgot the name".

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by thunderbong » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 8:40 AM UTC

mabil wrote: post #4

Semco [1] It is not a new company but they are still miles ahead when dealing with transparency, work-life-balance and many others well being attributes for its employees and future generation. I would love to see and know more radical companies in terms of methodoligies and personal evolution as examples as well, not only tech. [1] https://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_how_to_run_a_compan... edit: clarification

I was hoping I see someone mention Semco. They were the outliers before that word was coined. For me, it's still a dream to work in a software company which is run like Semco.