Storytelling and the art of persuasion in the age of AI with Tome Co-Founder & CEO, Keith Peiris

Feature Overview

Keith Peiris introduces Tome as a powerful storytelling tool designed to simplify the process of conveying complex ideas. He emphasizes the importance of storytelling in various aspects of life, from education to business, and explains how Tome leverages AI to shape narratives and present convincing arguments. Keith highlights that Tome was developed before the release of ChatGPT, positioning it uniquely in the market.

Tome is a really powerful storytelling tool for work. We use artificial intelligence to help you shape your story, finding the right narrative, pulling in the right evidence, and saying things in a way that sounds convincing and persuasive.

--- Keith Peiris

The platform's AI capabilities assist users in crafting stories that are both engaging and persuasive, making it a valuable tool for professionals and students alike 1.

   

Competitive Edge

Keith discusses how Tome differentiates itself from other AI and presentation tools by building its platform from the ground up for generative storytelling. Unlike competitors that simply integrate chatbots into existing tools, Tome's unique approach involves creating a dedicated format driven by machine learning models. This allows users to guide the narrative and make edits, which in turn helps improve the platform's AI capabilities.

We built our Tome page or slide format knowing that it would be driven by a machine learning model. And then we built our editor so you could use language in the right places and clicking and dragging in other places.

--- Keith Peiris

This user-centric approach has enabled Tome to gather billions of edits, which are used to train their models, ensuring the platform remains ahead of its competitors 2 3.

   

User Experience

Keith explains how his and his co-founder's experience at Meta influenced the development of Tome, particularly in creating tools that enhance user expression. They focused on making Tome intuitive and easy to use, allowing users to craft ideas in their own way without feeling constrained by the platform. The goal was to build a tool that feels open-ended rather than prescriptive, accommodating various storytelling styles.

We have this really strong focus on making it easy to pick up, which is to say that you probably have years and years of habits in PowerPoint or Google Slides or words, so you probably don't want to sit around on a Saturday and learn a new tool.

--- Keith Peiris

This approach has led to a user interface that supports conversational interactions, aligning with the growing trend of users expecting to communicate with technology in plain language 4.