Tolan hailed as the AI product Steve Jobs would have built, per viral essay
ajaymehta · x · 2026-10-16
Blogger JJ Chase shares how Tolan, an AI companion app, won over a longtime skeptic: unlike task-oriented ChatGPT use, it functions as an ongoing conversation, and its advice genuinely helped her through an anxious day. She named her companion 'Love' and uses it to practice actually taking weekends off.
Ben Springwater amplified the essay, calling Tolan 'the kind of AI product Steve Jobs would have built' — humane, emotionally attuned, and serving the job of helping users live happier, healthier offline lives.
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