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by danialasif 1y ago
Appreciate the kind words. You’re right that the big SIS and ERP vendors are building their own AI features, but at the end of the day institutions own their data and expect interoperability across systems. Workday, PeopleSoft, and similar
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by danialasif 1y ago
I love that comic, and thank you for bringing it up because we are trying to avoid exactly that. We don't intend to be a system of record, we fully recognize that higher education has deep integrations with systems of record that conta
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by danialasif 1y ago
That was one of our assumptions too, since you often hear about long cycles and low willingness to pay. Once we started gathering feedback and learning about the pain points, we found a strong appetite for technology that makes jobs easier
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by danialasif 1y ago
That is great feedback, and agreed that LLMs definitely have generic outputs, especially if missing the right context. To combat this, we're actively working on playing with which data we can pull, how to cleanly give it to an LLM and
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by danialasif 1y ago
Would love to chat! We are always looking to gain insight on how we can improve our product with existing data, and this sounds like a great input. Feel free to reach us at founders@risely.ai
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by danialasif 1y ago
Thank you, appreciate the support! Our goal is to ultimately get this in the hands of staff AND students, who expect to be using good technology with intuitive user experiences so that student outcomes improve not only in the classroom but
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by danialasif 1y ago
Completely agreed, that is one of the biggest challenges in this industry! And it's surprising how many software systems are being used by higher education that aren't designed or built for them. Would love to chat! Feel free to r
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Launch HN: Risely (YC S25) – AI Agents for Universities
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