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Build AI agents that text customers in iMessage
Hi everyone, I'm Gary, co-founder of Chert! We've spent the last six months building projects on iMessage for leasing companies, DTC startups, and home service agencies. Across these use cases, we kept seeing the same problem. Founders wanted to deploy conversational iMessage agents for customer service, lead capture, and outbound follow-up, but the underlying infrastructure was difficult to set up and hard to scale reliably.
learn by doing
The power of learning by doing really hit home for me recently at the MLH Roadshow in San Francisco on August 1st. Swift, the founder and CEO of Major League Hacking, shared a story that struck a chord: He was once a pre-law student with no programming experience at all. Yet, he took an internship to write PHP, a language completely new to him. By just showing up and diving into something unfamiliar, he discovered hackathons — and it changed his life completely.
Money20/20 Asia Announces Stellar Keynote Lineup and Agenda at-a-glance
Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show, has announced that over 50 speakers have already been confirmed to take the stage at Money20/20 Asia 2025, which returns for its second edition from 22 to 24 April 2025 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Hardest Thing About The Hard Thing: Lessons in Leadership and Survival
Ian Fong · Follow 5 min read · -- I first came across The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz from a book list recommended by Peter Thiel, the author of Zero to One. At the time, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Business books tend to be a mixed bag — some offer motivational fluff, others promise “silver bullet” strategies that rarely hold up. But this one? It’s on a different level. Without exaggeration, it has been one of the most transformative books I have ever read.
MAS Licensed Digital Custodian Propine announces partnership with XinFin’s XDC Network
The developed software solution is integrated with XinFin to serve its users with institutional-grade security and fully compliant and insured custody service SINGAPORE, CENTRAL, SINGAPORE, January 12, 2022 / EINPresswire.com/ -- Propine, Singapore’s first independent MAS licensed digital asset custodian, has entered into a partnership with XinFin (XDC), a Singapore-based hybrid blockchain platform with a highly scalable and secure Blockchain architecture, to provide secure,...
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