The YC Office Hours Simulator was a huge success!  These were physical booths at Startup School where attendees could talk to AI avatars of the @ycombinator Partners. We interviewed over 100 attendees about their experience. Here's a recap 👇️ 1️⃣ The #1 complaint = people wished they could talk longer! Most conversations were 10min (the enforced time limit). There was a line of people waiting to talk to the avatars for the entire two-day conference 2️⃣ Some people wished the avatars were meaner or harsher. This was interesting! 3️⃣ Many people took notes (pen & paper, @meetgranola, or typing furiously) and said the conversation was genuinely helpful. Several folks waited in line for a 2nd or 3rd conversation :)  4️⃣ People said the avatar aspect felt different than a chatbot. The "face-to-face" interaction helped them feel a stronger connection, pay more attention, and open up more. A few people even said they forgot it was AI!  5️⃣ The magic moment = when people realized the avatars knew who they were and what they were working on (based on their conference application) 🪄 The "brains" for Office Hours Simulator was trained on hundreds of hours of real office hours. It truly simulated how each Partner talks and the types of questions they like to ask.  Built by the one-and-only @snowmaker and YC software team (so impressive) 👏 Powered by: @lemonslice (live avatars), @elevenlabs @ElevenLabsDevs (voice AI), @livekit (webRTC infra), @deepgramai (voice AI), @ployai (animations), Hamming AI (testing), and many other great companies.