The creators of the acclaimed AI notebook NotebookLM suddenly left Google for their own startup

About a year and a half ago, Google introduced NotebookLM, a kind of personal software notepad that learns from user notes, by December it transferred it to the more advanced Gemini Pro platform, and in September of this year it taught how to retell video and audio. The creators of the popular app are now leaving Google to launch their own startup.

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At least, as TechCrunch reports, on the social network LinkedIn, the former head of the NotebookLM development team, Raiza Martin, said that she, along with like-minded people, left Google to look for “exciting new opportunities to create something that transforms the entire market.” The startup still exists in a not very obvious form and is content with the foundation prepared for a future website. It is not even clear yet whether the creators of NotebookLM will work on similar tools independently of Google or will focus on something else.

Martin’s company was made up of designer Jason Spielman and engineer Stephen Hughes. In comments to the source, Raisa Martin did not go into details of her future plans, but emphasized that she would like to create something that uses the latest AI models to benefit ordinary consumers. “The benefits of using these technologies must be accessible, convenient and obvious to ordinary people,” she explained, adding that her team is going to create an AI product focused primarily on the needs of the ordinary user. The startup does not yet have clear sources of funding, but it already enjoys serious support outside of Google.