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The website [1] is very strange. What does U.S. stand for? If I were to stumble on this I'd assume it was a fishing / scam website trying to impersonate the gov

The website [1] is very strange. What does U.S. stand for? If I were to stumble on this I'd assume it was a fishing / scam website trying to impersonate the government. Bad vibes all around. [1] - https://us.ai/ https://us.ai/

gkamer8 2y ago
I'll try to improve the vibes :( I've been working at this startup for almost two years now and that page and branding etc has been changing a lot as you can imagine ...
- bangaladore 2y ago
  But what is the branding? United States AI? Like the premise of the company name is bad. Real bad.
- bbor 2y ago
  A) Thanks for sharing your OSS with the world!! B) I'm also a little confused. Surely that domain cost(s) $$$ -- why not go with a cute "us" branding rather than "U.S."? Unless you're looking to sell in other countries where maybe U.S. expertise is a selling point, this definitely comes across like you're pretending to be part of the government. EDIT: For comparison, we.ai costs $500,000/y (!!!) EDIT2: It looks like you're positioning yourself as a defense/govt contractor, thus the branding? That's certainly cool, but IMHO, if I were you and owned that domain, I'd offer it to Palantir for $$$$$ and just go with your second choice. They're currently starting in on a whole genocide/global war thing, so they have cash to burn!
  - gkamer8 2y ago
    Hi thanks! The domain actually used to be a redirect link to U.S. Automotive Industries (a trade publication). I reached out to them and got a deal, so it was a lot for me but not, like, we.ai expensive lol. The name was always a corporate placeholder and I liked the idea of US Steel or General Electric type names. Some startups have done similar things, and many people actually like the name a ton. But I know it's controversial and so any products I made have their own names and branding that's pretty separate (see: Abbey). Over the past few months I've gone the gov contracting route and the name actually made some sense, so I've used it raw. Still, the plan is to get a DBA in the near future and switch it up. Thanks for the advice!
    - bbor 2y ago
      Ok that’s actually kinda hilarious — hopefully some blogger picks up that tidbit. I bet there aren’t many people using “ai” for “automotive industry” anymore!
- sgerenser 2y ago
  Props for using Garamond Condensed and giving me flashbacks to 1990s Apple.
tolerance 2y ago
The similarities with WhiteHouse.gov’s design can’t be much help either, I imagine.
- bangaladore 2y ago
  I thought the same, but I didn't double check so I did not mention it.
xp84 2y ago
Just a totally normal domain for an Anguillan perspective on all things America
radlad 2y ago
Unrelated, but I continue to be confused by "ClaudeMind" a JetBrains Plugin by "73signals": https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/25082-claudemind https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/25082-claudemind Their website doesn't even mention 73signals: https://claudemind.com/ https://claudemind.com/ Surely Anthropic must have an issue with this use of their trademark? And 73signals seems so similar to 37signals as to be intentional.

gkamer8 2y ago

I'll try to improve the vibes :( I've been working at this startup for almost two years now and that page and branding etc has been changing a lot as you can imagine ...

bangaladore 2y ago
But what is the branding? United States AI? Like the premise of the company name is bad. Real bad.
bbor 2y ago
A) Thanks for sharing your OSS with the world!! B) I'm also a little confused. Surely that domain cost(s) $$$ -- why not go with a cute "us" branding rather than "U.S."? Unless you're looking to sell in other countries where maybe U.S. expertise is a selling point, this definitely comes across like you're pretending to be part of the government. EDIT: For comparison, we.ai costs $500,000/y (!!!) EDIT2: It looks like you're positioning yourself as a defense/govt contractor, thus the branding? That's certainly cool, but IMHO, if I were you and owned that domain, I'd offer it to Palantir for $$$$$ and just go with your second choice. They're currently starting in on a whole genocide/global war thing, so they have cash to burn!
- gkamer8 2y ago
  Hi thanks! The domain actually used to be a redirect link to U.S. Automotive Industries (a trade publication). I reached out to them and got a deal, so it was a lot for me but not, like, we.ai expensive lol. The name was always a corporate placeholder and I liked the idea of US Steel or General Electric type names. Some startups have done similar things, and many people actually like the name a ton. But I know it's controversial and so any products I made have their own names and branding that's pretty separate (see: Abbey). Over the past few months I've gone the gov contracting route and the name actually made some sense, so I've used it raw. Still, the plan is to get a DBA in the near future and switch it up. Thanks for the advice!
  - bbor 2y ago
    Ok that’s actually kinda hilarious — hopefully some blogger picks up that tidbit. I bet there aren’t many people using “ai” for “automotive industry” anymore!
sgerenser 2y ago
Props for using Garamond Condensed and giving me flashbacks to 1990s Apple.

tolerance 2y ago

The similarities with WhiteHouse.gov’s design can’t be much help either, I imagine.

bangaladore 2y ago
I thought the same, but I didn't double check so I did not mention it.

xp84 2y ago

Just a totally normal domain for an Anguillan perspective on all things America

radlad 2y ago

Unrelated, but I continue to be confused by "ClaudeMind" a JetBrains Plugin by "73signals": https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/25082-claudemind https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/25082-claudemind Their website doesn't even mention 73signals: https://claudemind.com/ https://claudemind.com/ Surely Anthropic must have an issue with this use of their trademark? And 73signals seems so similar to 37signals as to be intentional.