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Launch HN: Zenfetch (YC W23) – Turn notes/browser history into an AI assistant

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Re: Launch HN: Zenfetch (YC W23) – Turn notes/browser history into an AI assistant

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Post by rex123 »

jordanab wrote: post #28

Looks great! At first glance, this appears to be the service I've been searching for. I'm currently using raindrop to bookmark items I intend to read later, but its search and recollection functionality leaves much to be desired. I'm definitely going to give it a try. However, for it to become a permanent part of my routine, it would need a Safari browser extension and an iOS app (compatible with both iPhone and iPad…

Thanks for the feedback! We're working on making our extension cross-browser compatible. For the iOS experience, what's the highest priority for you: being able to save things from iOS or access chat/other functionality?

No API just yet, but if there's an integration you're looking for let us know and we will prioritize that. Thanks!

Re: Launch HN: Zenfetch (YC W23) – Turn notes/browser history into an AI assistant

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Post by giovannibonetti »

This reminds of Rewind [1]. I'm not affiliated to them in anyway, but I have been using their product for a few months and finding it quite useful. Their approach of screenshotting everything and saving it locally is more convenient for me, at least.

[1] https://www.rewind.ai/

Re: Launch HN: Zenfetch (YC W23) – Turn notes/browser history into an AI assistant

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Post by jordanab »

rex123 wrote: post #31
jordanab wrote: post #28

Looks great! At first glance, this appears to be the service I've been searching for. I'm currently using raindrop to bookmark items I intend to read later, but its search and recollection functionality leaves much to be desired. I'm definitely going to give it a try. However, for it to become a permanent part of my routine, it would need a Safari browser extension and an iOS app (compatible with both iPhone and iPad…

Thanks for the feedback! We're working on making our extension cross-browser compatible. For the iOS experience, what's the highest priority for you: being able to save things from iOS or access chat/other functionality? No API just yet, but if there's an integration you're looking for let us know and we will prioritize that. Thanks!

For iOS it's being able to save things first. The ability to use the chat on iOS is a second priority for me.

Re: Launch HN: Zenfetch (YC W23) – Turn notes/browser history into an AI assistant

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Post by miller_joe »

I’ve been using this for a few weeks. I converted to a paying customer. I’ve imported some but not yet all of my bookmarks.

I’ve been collecting bookmarks in Evernote and now obsidian for about a decade. I try to add as many tags as I hope will allow me to find an article again later. It’s often many months before I need to find something. My success rate at remembering a term from the title or the right tag is not great. I’ve been pretty impressed with zenfetch’s ability to search and find exactly what I was looking for. And this doesn’t even scratch the surface of what it can do when you want it to synthesize answers from many articles for you.

They’re also working on indexing your saved tweets which I’m excited about. It’s a giant pain to try to find liked tweets.

Re: Launch HN: Zenfetch (YC W23) – Turn notes/browser history into an AI assistant

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Post by rex123 »

jordanab wrote: post #33
rex123 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback! We're working on making our extension cross-browser compatible. For the iOS experience, what's the highest priority for you: being able to save things from iOS or access chat/other functionality? No API just yet, but if there's an integration you're looking for let us know and we will prioritize that. Thanks!

For iOS it's being able to save things first. The ability to use the chat on iOS is a second priority for me.

Perfect we’re working on a way to save from mobile that should be ready by the middle of next week

Re: Launch HN: Zenfetch (YC W23) – Turn notes/browser history into an AI assistant

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Post by rex123 »

miller_joe wrote: post #34

I’ve been using this for a few weeks. I converted to a paying customer. I’ve imported some but not yet all of my bookmarks. I’ve been collecting bookmarks in Evernote and now obsidian for about a decade. I try to add as many tags as I hope will allow me to find an article again later. It’s often many months before I need to find something. My success rate at remembering a term from the title or the right tag is not g…

Thanks! Saved tweets is our next integration : )

Re: Launch HN: Zenfetch (YC W23) – Turn notes/browser history into an AI assistant

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Post by gabev »

felipefar wrote: post #35

Does this have the hallucination problems that LLMs show? Do you offer any protection against that?

We do use the standard hallucination checks to make sure the final generated answer is rooted in the retrieved context.

It is an ongoing effort to ensure truly factual answers and this is one of our top priorities :)

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