TMIT 55: Building the Family Computer (Oz)
We are sharing something especially meaningful to us this week. We started a company! It’s called Oz is Home.
In our house, we have a mantra: we are builders, not consumers. Over the years, this has taken many forms—from trying to invent the perfect keto snack to prototyping a "Keurig for toothpaste." But for the last five months, we have been obsessed with building something that combines our belief in family culture with our passion for leading-edge technology.
In Episode 55, we aren't pitching a product (you can't even buy one yet!). Instead, we are sharing the "why" behind Oz, an ambient AI computer purpose-built for the household. We unpack the three big ideas driving our mission:
- Family > Individual Computer: Why we need to move away from individual screens to shared, multiplayer technology.
- Ground Truth > Personal Perspective: How unanchored, personal AI has created an epidemic of "yes-men" agents, and why we need a source of ground truth to actually understand each other.
- Value for Your Family: Why your family's data shouldn't be mined for ad-targeting, but instead used to build a generational memory layer for your own home.
Plus, we kick off the episode with an update on Danielle's relationship with Maverick following last week's episode on raising boys!
✨ Want to see what Oz can do? Visit ozishome.com to watch our animated shorts, learn more about our mission, and let us know if you and your family are interested in joining the private beta.
Listen to TMIT 55 wherever you get your podcasts.
Resources Mentioned:
- Oz is Home Website & Private Beta Sign-up
- TMIT 54: The Truth About Lying & The "No After Dark" Rule
- Next Gen NYC (Bravo)