Chat was the wrong interface for regular people.
ChatGPT proved the intelligence is real. But it still requires clear prompting — which makes it the modern terminal, not mainstream access to AI.
JOSHUA SEGEREN
I'm building 3 products the world needs.
I started the AI team in Microsoft 365, creating products used by over 100 million people worldwide.Now I'm building AGI products that guide people and fight for them.
Technology should serve and elevate human beings.
We're in the age of superhuman AI.
I'm building products that give regular people and the businesses serving them massive new leverage: simple enough for anyone to use (yes, even grandma), aligned to their success, and valuable enough to feel like magic.
NowYou.one
The Guide for real life. No prompts. One clear next step.
NowSuperboard
The Guide for work. A control and creation plane for modern teams.
2022-NowFluid
Natural motion control for the web.
2016-2021Microsoft 365 AI
Before that: AI products across the suite, used daily.
Current bets
My current bets are You.one, Superboard, and Fluid.
You.one is The Guide for real life. Superboard is The Guide for work. Fluid is a natural motion interaction layer for screens and apps.
AI should help regular people with real life and give individuals and teams more leverage. It should collaborate with people as a quiet partner, often invisibly, and open new ways to control software itself.
I build products that delight and empower, and that anyone can actually use. Not just the technically skilled.
What I see
I see what matters before the industry does.
Sometimes I'm too early. Usually I'm right on.
I saw and acted on Bitcoin and Tesla in 2015, before they were respectable bets. Receipts here.
Most people are still building for power users. I'm building for everyone else.
Most AI roadmaps add AI to the existing product.
The only correct question is: what could this product be if reimagined from scratch with AI?
User and customer behavior tells the truth.
If users need tips, tricks, instructions, or still are not delighted, the product is asking too much of them.
AI is leverage on all fronts: product, business, platform.
To win, you have to get them all right. The magic is knowing what AI can do now, where it will be in 6-12 months, and where to apply leverage without hollowing out the thing that makes the business valuable.
If the product bet is real, request the strategy conversation.
I am not looking to fill a calendar.
If you're building something important and think it's worth a conversation, I'll tell you what I see.