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January 10, 2023

ChatGPT is already changing work at startups. Here’s how

How is generative AI actually being put to use in tech companies today? Sifted spoke to founders who are already using the tech day-to-day


Tim Smith

6 min read

Image: DALL-E

The tech press is awash with takes on how advances in artificial intelligence are going to change the future of work but, for some startups, that future is already here. 

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Peter Nixey, founder of Intentional.io
Peter Nixey, founder of Intentional.io
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Joshua Wöhle, CEO and cofounder of Mindstone
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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