Adept

Adept is a machine learning research and product lab that's working on general intelligence, the technology that lets humans and computers collaborate more creatively. The technology is designed to make knowledge work easier by automating lower-level tasks like clicking and typing so people can focus on higher-level thinking and creative work.

Adept's tool is designed to handle the complexity of software tools so smaller teams can bring big ideas to market. By placing users at the center of the system, Adept can find new solutions, make more informed decisions and give people more time for the work they enjoy.

The company's work is designed to empower teams and help them collaborate better by training models that understand software and working with users to reach specific goals. That's in contrast to AI systems that are designed to automate tasks without necessarily working in concert with humans.

Adept's technology also automates repetitive work by repurposing software tools and application programming interfaces. Users can ask the model to do things like generate reports or create elements of a blueprint, all within the user's preferred software.

Adept's founders have experience at Google and OpenAI, the artificial intelligence lab behind the Transformer technology that's been instrumental to AI's recent progress. That AI research foundation is key to Adept's vision of general intelligence that's useful and safe, with an emphasis on avoiding problems like bias.

Adept has investors who share its vision of useful general intelligence. The company has raised $65 million in funding from investors including Saam Motamedi and Reid Hoffman at Greylock, Lee Fixel at Addition and others.

Adept also offers experiments that let people try its technology, for example a web workflow builder that can be controlled with plain language. That can be used to automate tasks like adding leads to a customer relationship manager or extracting data from invoices. The tool can also be integrated with a wide range of software tools, so it's very flexible.

Pricing isn't yet clear. But Adept is actively looking for early enterprise customers and encourages interested parties to contact it for more information.

Adept is a work in progress, with the company continuing to research areas like higher-level planning, visual reasoning and learning from user demonstrations. But the project's user-centered design and practical focus make it a compelling development in the world of AI.

Published on June 9, 2024