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Conor Brennan-Burke
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Conor Brennan-Burke discusses his journey from consulting and building background check APIs at Checkr to founding an artist-first AI music company and ultimately launching Hyperspell, data infrastructure for the AI app layer.
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hypers spell is a building infrastructure for the AI app layer we allow you to connect any data source and make that data useful for AI right
we know a lot of these other AI companies are also very early and so you know our our thing that we offer to them is hey you pay one flat fee we will handle your entire data pipeline
hypers spell is a building infrastructure for the AI app layer we allow you to connect any data source and make that data useful for AI
we started off building an AI agent to automate your busy work when I was a product manager I spent a lot of my days kind of copying and pasting information
what plaid did was um there was this emerging fintech ecosystem of uh okay all these companies you know Robin Hood venmo all these companies that wanted to build fintech
FAQ
What does Hyperspell do?
Hyperspell builds data infrastructure for the AI app layer. It allows users to connect any data source like Gmail, Slack, and Google Drive to make that data useful for AI applications.
How does Hyperspell price its product for early customers?
Hyperspell charges a flat fee per month that gives early customers unlimited queries. They handle the entire data pipeline including data sources, account management, parsing, embedding, and query execution.
What was the inspiration behind starting Hyperspell?
The company originated when Conor and his team were building an AI agent to automate busy work. They realized they needed to connect to various data sources like Gmail, Slack, and Google Drive, but found no existing end-to-end tool to make that data easily useful for AI.
What does Conor look for when angel investing at the pre-seed stage?
He focuses primarily on the team because startups often pivot. He looks for non-traditional backgrounds, deep domain expertise, a strong 'why', and cohesive founding teams capable of having difficult conversations.
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