As we all re-entered society over the last year, after months of WFH sweatpants and t-shirts, a personal stylist would have been helpful.

Well, now there’s AI for that - THE YES. By taking a quick style quiz, you’ll have daily product and brand recommendations and a personalized feed displaying exactly what you’re looking for — in your size, budget and preferences. The more you say “yes”, the more personalized your feed gets. Right now, the company only offers women clothes but may expand in the future.

The CTO of THE YES, Amit Aggarwal, joins the show to share how the company uses ML to create millions of unique stores daily for each one of their users.

What's in this episode:

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:45 - Amit’s journey in tech
00:04:14 - THE YES user experience
00:07:45 - Incorporating domain knowledge for personalization
00:10:15 - Defining style with AI
00:14:11 - Data challenges for size and fit
00:18:42 - Embedding new product
00:22:14 - Drop-ship models and brand integration
00:28:43 - THE YES customer segmentation
00:31:16 - Creating algorithms that encourage discovery
00:37:50 - Envisioning the future of AI
00:40:59 - Covid’s impact on THE YES
00:43:08 - Funding and growth
00:44:31 - Amit’s advice to aspiring tech entrepreneurs

Links:
THE YES Website: https://www.theyes.com/
THE YES Twitter:   / theyes  
Amit’s Twitter:   / amitag  
THE YES' Launch: https://tcrn.ch/3yIt8DT
NYPost's Review of THE YES: https://bit.ly/3liHRxx

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Host: Pieter Abbeel
Executive Producers: Alice Patel & Henry Tobias Jones
Production: Fresh Air Production