{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"START","title":"🎧 START pod: Amit Yadav, Founder & CEO, Fern: “Real-Time AI Co-Pilot for Sales and Beyond.” ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3033d998\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1006,"description":"Every voice AI has the same problem\nThe moment you stop talking, it starts talking\nBut humans don’t work that way\nIn real conversations, pauses don’t always mean interruption. Sometimes they mean: keep goingCurrent AI misses this completely.\nAmit Yadav spent years building real-time AI systems at Meta Reality Labs for Ray-Ban smart glasses\nNow he’s building Fern: a sales copilot that assists teams live during meetings.\nNot after the call.\nDuring it.\nThe hard problem isn’t retrieval anymore.\nIt’s judgment.\nBecause the future of AI won’t be defined by smarter answers alone.It’ll be defined by systems that understand how humans actually communicate.\n🎙️ Amit Yadav, CEO & Co-Founder of Fern, on Fondo START pod‍01:24 “Imagine your sales rep hears a prospect question and answers appear instantly.”01:55 The hardest AI problem: knowing the right time to help02:09 “Our in-house model beats human judgment, ChatGPT, and Gemini.”02:46 Building realtime AI systems for Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses03:57 Fern’s desktop copilot listens and assists during meetings04:34 The industry shift from prompted AI → proactive AI assistance05:28 Replacing Slack searches, docs, and tabs during live calls07:10 “The most exciting thing is AI helping you without asking for it.”11:09 Why silence in human conversation doesn’t always mean interruption14:15 The need for a realtime social-awareness layer between humans and LLMs‍\nCheck out getfern.ai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q-E1hh7K6IS4AfZiNy2p4MYVGcUOO8lQP92h8QbOEOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}