In 2023 we envisioned a company that connects the scientific precision and impact of data science with the creativity and accessibility of large language models, āData Storiesā was a perfect working title to encapsulate this mission during Dirkās months as founder in stealth mode developing the first product prototype. A lot has changed since the early days, and we will share more about our funding, new co-founder, and exciting product directions in upcoming posts.
What hasnāt changed is our vision to build a system that is not replacing but augmenting and empowering non-experts to get data answers. Many products have a limited view of empowering: get the job done fast while locking you in to use their product forever and not telling you whatās really going on behind the scenes. Our approach is more human centric: however smart the machines, we need more, not less, data literate people to solve our hardest problems in business and society.
We are excited to have found a company name and domain that reflects our ambition perfectly: explai.com. We are looking forward to exploring the many ways to implement this: Making data speak, automatic questions answering, training data skills, generating insights that involve deep business and user knowledge.
As for the training, here is a preview of how this looks in our product:
Beyond creating an analysis (āautomationā) the interested user can boost her data skills on demand and on her own data. Tell us if you like it.