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ASK by IAYS
Continue ideas from podcasts, books, stories & expertise
ASK turns podcasts, books, stories, and expertise into interactive AI companions. Explore ideas, ask follow-up questions, challenge assumptions, and keep conversations alive after the original content ends. Creators can also launch their own AI companions in minutes, powered by IAYS: a Cognitive OS for governed, owner-controlled AI expertise.
I’m Manuel, founder of IAYS — the platform behind ASK.
ASK started from a simple observation:
We spend hours consuming podcasts, books, videos, courses, and expert content, but once the content ends, the conversation usually ends too.
I wondered:
What if content could remain interactive?
What if you could continue exploring ideas, ask follow-up questions, challenge assumptions, and connect concepts long after the original conversation ended?
That’s what ASK is designed to do.
Today you can explore interactive companions across:
• Podcasts
• Books
• Story Worlds
• Professional Expertise
ASK is intentionally simple on the surface: choose a companion, ask, and continue the conversation. Underneath, it is the first public layer powered by IAYS, the Cognitive OS I’m building for governed, owner-controlled AI expertise.
Some of my favorite examples are podcast-based companions: a specific conversation around longevity, science, technology, or the future of humanity becomes something you can keep exploring interactively after the episode ends.
I’d love your feedback on two things:
1. Which companion would you personally try first?
2. Which creator, book, podcast, or expert domain should exist on ASK next?
Example from today: I created a Good to Great companion in a few minutes and asked it to analyze IAYS, my company, through Jim Collins’ frameworks.
This is the part of ASK I’m most excited about: books and expert frameworks don’t have to stay static. They can become interactive lenses you can apply to real companies, projects, decisions, or ideas.
“Continue ideas from podcasts, books, stories & expertise”
ASK by IAYS was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #105 on the daily leaderboard. ASK turns podcasts, books, stories, and expertise into interactive AI companions. Explore ideas, ask follow-up questions, challenge assumptions, and keep conversations alive after the original content ends. Creators can also launch their own AI companions in minutes, powered by IAYS: a Cognitive OS for governed, owner-controlled AI expertise.
ASK by IAYS was featured in Productivity (653.8k followers), Education (78.7k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (471k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 268.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted ASK by IAYS?
ASK by IAYS was hunted by Manuel Breschi. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Manuel Breschi
Hi Product Hunt 👋
I’m Manuel, founder of IAYS — the platform behind ASK.
ASK started from a simple observation:
We spend hours consuming podcasts, books, videos, courses, and expert content, but once the content ends, the conversation usually ends too.
I wondered:
What if content could remain interactive?
What if you could continue exploring ideas, ask follow-up questions, challenge assumptions, and connect concepts long after the original conversation ended?
That’s what ASK is designed to do.
Today you can explore interactive companions across:
• Podcasts
• Books
• Story Worlds
• Professional Expertise
ASK is intentionally simple on the surface: choose a companion, ask, and continue the conversation. Underneath, it is the first public layer powered by IAYS, the Cognitive OS I’m building for governed, owner-controlled AI expertise.
Some of my favorite examples are podcast-based companions: a specific conversation around longevity, science, technology, or the future of humanity becomes something you can keep exploring interactively after the episode ends.
I’d love your feedback on two things:
1. Which companion would you personally try first?
2. Which creator, book, podcast, or expert domain should exist on ASK next?
Thanks for checking it out 🙏