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Town's CEO on the self-organizing company
August 14, 2026·1h 12m·7-min readinterviewtechnology
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Town, a new AI startup led by Jean-Denis Grez, is reimagining productivity software by building a self-organizing workspace powered by AI agents called 'townies' that proactively manage tasks, triage inboxes, and create personal wikis—reducing toil and reshaping how knowledge workers inte
Town, a new AI startup led by Jean-Denis Grez, is reimagining productivity software by building a self-organizing workspace powered by AI agents called 'townies' that proactively manage tasks, triage inboxes, and create personal wikis—reducing toil and reshaping how knowledge workers inte
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Jean-Denis Greze
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