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Zette & Maestro AI

Open Scout #14

Kenneth F
Feb 10, 2023
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Hi everyone 👋,

Happy Friday and welcome back to our 14th edition of Open Scout. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter if you haven't already.

Let's dive in!


Startups of the week:

1.

Startup name: Zette (2020)*

Geography: US

Description: Zette aspires to become the go-to platform for news, like Spotify is for music. With a single subscription, readers can access premium digital news content that is usually hidden behind paywalls. This not only provides a convenient experience for readers, but also helps publishers monetize their content effectively.

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Zette—the Spotify for News
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4 months ago · 1 like · Kenneth F.

Traction: ~10,000 users on waitlist

Founder(s) background: Yehong Zhu (CEO, prev. Product Manager @ Twitter, Forbes Journalist)

Backed by (public source): Raised $1.7mn pre-seed from Afore Capital, Halogen Ventures, Hyphen Capital, The Community Fund, MGV Capital Group

*Currently raising $6mn seed round on $36mn post-money SAFE, $1.5mn committed

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2.

Startup name: Maestro AI (2022)

Geography: US

Description: Maestro uses large language models to create delightful, AI-generated summaries of everything going on in your team pulled from Slack, email, tickets, documents, and more.

Think of Maestro AI as a detective who's always on the case, piecing together all the important information and presenting it in a concise and easy-to-understand format.

Maestro's Musings
Knowledge in the Modern Workplace
In the last few years, hundreds of software products have been launched with the goal of improving how teams create and manage knowledge. There are universal search tools, powerful notes tools based on tagging, and even alternative apps for creating and collaborating on documents. But are these tools actually making us more productive…
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5 months ago · 11 likes · William Cheng

Founder(s) background: William Cheng (CEO, prev. Head of Product @ Headliner, Engineer @ Mobilisafe—acquired by Rapid7, Microsoft); Justin Cranshaw (CPO, prev. Research @ Microsoft)

Backed by (public source): NA

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Thanks for reading,

Kenneth

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