■ SOCIAL SIGNALS
If group chats give you anxiety (or
turn you into a lurker), you might
want to check out Analog. The app
uses artificial intelligence to auto-
mate event scheduling by matching
dates, times and places for users to
meet each other based on availabil-
ity and common interests. As long
as your friends and family are on it,
the exclusive (but free) invite-only
platform works like Google Calendar
on steroids.
■ FIT TO TRAIN
When the gyms closed down for
COVID, Andrew Just and Antoine
Neidecker created Train Fitness
to help people track exercises
and reps. Log on, set goals,
identify weak points and monitor
your strength training progress for
US$70/year or US$13/month. Al-
though you need an Apple Watch to
use Train, the app makes it easy to
share logged workouts with friends
and trainers.
■ PENNY WISE
David Abbey noticed
that his wife, who had
started a direct sales
business, was having
trouble keeping up
with demand. To help
her manage the
company, Abbey and
co-founder Chris Noble launched
Penny AI to function as a virtual
assistant that can curate daily tasks,
manage contacts and track prospec-
tive clients. The app offers three dif-
ferent packages for organizations.
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ON T R E N D
OF MAN AND
MACHINE
These Vancouver companies
are using
AI to help your
social, personal and profes-
sional lives stay on track
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