Episode 202 Chloe Duckworth, CEO of Valence Vibrations, San Francisco, CA, USA

Chloe Duckworth is the co-founder and CEO of Valence Vibrations, an AI startup delivering emotional classifications in real-time conversation to improve communication and promote empathy across demographics, including neurotypes.

Chloe is personally motivated by democratizing access to wellness in every facet of what it means to be well. In the wake of the pandemic, she co-founded Hope Hearted, a Bay Area-based nonprofit that has provided PPE to thousands of unhoused people.

Here is what we discussed:

- Her path to becoming a computational neuroscience expert and how she was inspired by exposure to haptic feedback and sensory augmentation work.

- What neurodiversity is.

- Partnership on Vibes for Apple Watch.

- How one function of their platform provides emotional subtitles in digital spaces to enable people to connect, and the details of how that works.

- Her approach to pricing and having a fee-based app versus a free one that may sell data for money.

- How a digital accessibility tool like theirs can break through discrimination in employment settings and also extend to elevating customer support.

- Her take on the rapid development of AI and the opportunities to integrate with voice assistant tools.

Connect with Chloe:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-duckworth/

Website: https://www.valencevibrations.com

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@valencevibrations