Jasper AI's Shane Orlick Talks About AI Writing Assistants and Generative AI
The Voicebot Podcast Episode breaks down Jasper's product, new features, tech stack, working with OpenAI, and a white label solution for partners
Jasper AI quietly built one of the top AI-based writing assistants atop OpenAI’s GPT-3 large language model (LLM). Then, suddenly its growth and recognition exploded … in a good way. That led to a $125 million series A funding round that was well-timed ahead of the new interest in the AI-writing assistant space after the introduction of ChatGPT. This interview surfaces many industry insider insights that I thought Synthedia readers would find intriguing.
Interesting Generative AI Insights
For those of you interested in the technical stack behind Jasper, you might be surprised at a couple of Shane’s comments. The company has built its own NLU in front of the GPT-3 API and is developing other new AI models to supplement the features they use from OpenAI. This interview may represent the only conversation out there with that information.
You also may not know that Jasper is now offering white label solutions to businesses and will provide both the end-user application and an API-based service. Shane breaks down how that new product will work.
Finally, Shane and I discuss the broader market news, such as the impact of ChatGPT, the emergence of text-to-image models, and the rumors about OpenAI’s big valuation and potential new investment from Microsoft. We cover a lot of ground around products, user behavior, generative AI, and the broader synthetic media market.
About the Voicebot Podcast
If you are unfamiliar with the Voicebot Podcast, I created it in 2017 as an interview series with AI industry leaders about their innovations, products, and insights. Nearly 300 episodes have been published every week for five-and-a-half years. You will find more than two dozen episodes with founders of synthetic media companies in the back catalog, including several from the past three months.
In addition to Jasper AI, we have several executives from synthetic media companies scheduled for interviews over the next six weeks. The newsletter format is great for staying abreast of industry activity and for providing context and analysis. However, I have found there is no substitute for hearing directly from founders, engineers, designers, and other industry leaders in long-form conversations about what they are doing, what they are seeing, and how they expect the market to develop. You may find the Voicebot Podcast is a useful supplement to the Synthedia newsletter and the YouTube channel.
Let me know what you think about Jasper AI, Shane’s comments, and where generative AI and synthetic media are heading in 2023.
Very interesting. Following this.