Right now it works on top of Whatsapp, but we are adding other messengers shortly. Capabilities right now are translating, checking wikipedia, latest cricket scores, check indian railways pnr status and some fun stuff like jokes. We are essentially working towards the conversation + answering grey area questions category.

Interesting. Do keep us informed. The service has potential

It's not buddy, It is a personal assistant on Whatsapp, a small A.I project we are working on. Working on a one pager to go with it.

That suggest feature is not working. PNR not working. I couldn't google anything. I couldn't figure out how to give a feedback. Wiki works well though. Was wondering if this is first of its kind or we already have mature AI bots for whatsapp? I have used bots on hike and nimbuzz. They are good. You can take a clue from these.

Don't misinterpret this comment (or my previous comment) as hostile, but handing out a phone number online - without any explanation or accountability - makes you susceptible to spammers.

What is the purpose of Aaahit? You say you're working with AI - what is the primary purpose of Aaahit (discussion, task-routing, scheduling, etc.)?

@Kidlogic: No offense taken. I agree it does look a bit random, but we are working on the hypothesis that we will never need a website for this. A detailed explanation is something I missed, apologies for that.

Well broadly the purpose of Aaahit is to be your smartest phonebook contact who you can ask anything. This includes eventually having a discussion on grey area topics to finding information quickly. Right now it helps in translations, wiki'ing stuff, getting the latest cricket scores or checking your train reservation status ( for India only ).

Sounds good! Best of luck :)

How can you see the 2048 grid without internet? Only the actions are controlled via SMS, you still need internet to view the page.

We wanted to allow groups of friends to play without the need to pull out multiple computers.

Thanks for the feedback! We are in the process of implementing a method to view the game through MMS / SMS!

I don't think that should be a problem? In any case we will allow the publisher to use any other micro transaction system that they are "comfortable" with :).

Thanks! We want the consumer to get a feel of the article quality early on.

We think the algorithm to summarize is resistant to tailoring due to some core assumptions we are making. We are not dependent on the title and so on.

If such a system gets adopted, it would to some extent clear up the insanity that is ads on good articles no matter where its posted.

Interesting, this would also put across our argument to use bitcoins maybe? and not regular currency transactions.

I don't know if I understand you right (my English is not perfect), but when you mean, that using Bitcoin could prevent this from being illegal: I don't think so. The problem is not the amount of payment or the type of payment, but that it is a sales contract (at least in Germany, every sale would be made via a contract, if explicitly written or not -- also a handshake could be seen as contract). And the law just says, how any sale contract must be made ... There must be a good visible button that clearly states the intention: "Buy with costs" or something similar. The customer must be very clearly informed about the sale and the fact that he is making a sale now. Your demo informs afterwards in a rather weird way. Just giving a link and say "read further" or similar would be accounted to be a fraud, I guess. I am also not sure that having a different text would be enough.

I am no lawyer, but one remedy could be to have some kind of "frame contract" where you buy an amount of readings in advance -- and the readings afterwards could be accounted for with such a system. But such a frame contract would of course counter your ease of use goal -- and of course would bind the customers what would counter your goal to lower barriers.

Okay, I got what you said. Yeah, any intermediate step would kill the seamless experience :(. Will need to figure this out, thanks!

We do agree, but its been tough trying to get the broad investor community to see value/ability without building fences around your core tech. Some even see this as validation. We don't.

Not too sure how others feel about this, this specific advice has come from fellow entrepreneurs who have managed to figure things out (i.e. raising, team, etc).

So, another way of looking at it is the app store/app upgrades way. You pay using smaller increments, but have a view of the goods that you are buying. So instead of a future commitment, its more about paying for what you want now.

If its seamless, then micro transactions work. It also implies you are distracted enough not to do a future projection of the longer term aggregate costs incurred :).

Thanks! You have summed up how we were thinking about it. It does attempt to utilize micropayments in a novel way, so the kind of actions that you are talking about like waiting on the page, maybe even scrolling are very much valid reasons for people to pay.

Can we mail you, would appreciate more thoughts around the same?

Can't read :(, Not in english. But that is awesome to hear! Will try to read more about them and maybe get in tough. Thanks.