A Founder Who Is Refocusing His Mapping App Toward Generative AI
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Matthew Rosenberg is not waiting around for generative AI to push him out of a job. He is attempting to do what the rest of the industry should be doing as well — leveraging new tech to build something for the future.
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Editor’s Note: Exclusive reporting on technology’s impact on the travel industry, delivered every Thursday. The briefing will guide executives as they decide if their companies should “build, buy, or partner” to stay ahead.Matthew Rosenberg sees the writing on the wall with generative artificial intelligence in travel. That is why his company has refocused to developing the next iteration of its travel guide app, this time powered by the new type of AI.
“It's 100 percent our focus right now,” said Matthew Rosenberg, co-founder of Welcome.
“At least for those of us who come from tech, and from consumer tech, it's very obvious that this is going to be the way that a lot of things move, but especially things in travel.”
Welcome is an app that travelers can use to find and map the best businesses to visit around them.
Rosenberg’s new project, Tripnotes, leverages the hundreds of millions of data points his company has compiled over yea
