# Benedikt Benedikt (Co-founder of Jamie, an AI meeting assistant (previously co-founder of TeamTap)) was a guest on AI with Sach, a podcast hosted by Sacha Gucciardo in Montréal. ## Episode 4: How to Reclaim Your Time with Jamie, the AI-Powered Meeting Assistant (July 2024) Jamie co-founder Benedikt explains how an AI meeting assistant works, how it handles European data rules, and how to validate a startup idea. Page: https://aiwithsach.com/episodes/04-how-to-reclaim-your-time-with-jamie-the-ai-powered/ > So, what was very important for us in the beginning already is that we're, of course, entirely GDPR compliant. Also, there's no audio data being permanently stored, which is quite crucial. And none of the data is being used for training purposes. So, no user data, of course, is being used there. And the data is being stored on servers in Germany. > — at 10:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=600s) > Because in the end, everyone is going to be nice and say, hey, that's super interesting. Reach out to me once you build it. And I think taking this for validation is a big mistake that you can do. > — at 13:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=805s) > And second option is then if the product, for example, takes longer to develop, to sign contracts actually before that. Because if people put money down for the product that you plan to build, that's the biggest validation that you can get. > — at 13:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=824s) > So my co-founder, Luis and I, we've met like 10 years ago while playing tennis together and already shared this common interest of businesses and ideas in general. And therefore discuss them heavily during our doubles matches. > — at 0:59 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=59s) > And we started to solve a problem actually for ourselves, which was in retrospect, very important to me. So I think that's where very much more passion came in than solving a problem for someone you don't really know, to be honest. > — at 2:57 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=177s) > There's no need for a bot to join a meeting. And it also works at in-person settings and can be heavily customized so that you can actually, yeah, have it provide the nodes and the structure that you want them to be. > — at 4:10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=250s) > But what we did, which was challenging, but also I think in retrospective the right decision is that we launched very early with the first version. So it was actually back in 2022 when we launched the first version of Jamie. And it was, of course, not the perfect solution and not working 100% of the time. > — at 4:49 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=289s) > One thing, for example, that we did is I, in the beginning, onboarded a couple of hundred customers personally in a quick feedback call or in a quick onboarding call. And then after a week, a quick feedback call, which was very important to us to get the learning of what's needed actually to build a product that works well in the work environment. > — at 5:22 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=322s) > So, for example, what were the five key takeaways for my last 10 sales meetings, for example? And Jamie will give you an answer based on your past meetings. And it also has the opportunity to capture the screen in addition to that. > — at 7:07 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=427s) > And also, I believe there's a lot of education that needs to be done within companies. So, that actually, it's just a feeling of mine. I don't have, like, any stats on it. But from what I've seen, I mean, also, many people are still afraid to use AI because there were some negative views, of course, in the past. > — at 11:16 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=676s) > So, I think if you have more than two meetings a day, I would already say, okay, this is a huge value add for you. > — at 9:20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=560s) > But then also, I think the even more important aspect is that we talk to everyone who wants to talk to us personally. So, you have the option to schedule a demo, for example, on our website where you get directly connected to one of our team members and where you can ask any questions. > — at 12:28 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVgRi5xtf8&t=748s)