{"id":164511,"date":"2023-04-17T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T08:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siit.co\/guestposts\/?p=164511"},"modified":"2023-04-17T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T08:30:11","slug":"llms-come-to-workplace-morale-monitoring-as-loopin-raises-1-9m-for-its-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siit.co\/guestposts\/llms-come-to-workplace-morale-monitoring-as-loopin-raises-1-9m-for-its-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"LLMs come to workplace morale monitoring, as Loopin raises $1.9M for its platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been several startup attempts to measure staff morale, some more halting that others. We reported on Plasticity Labs<\/a> back in 2014, though their web site seems no longer functioning. <\/p>\n

Officevibe<\/a> appeared around the same kind\u2019ve era. More recently out of the UK, WorkBuzz<\/a> has raised \u00a32.3M. And Spill<\/a> ($3.5M) is a startup that offers a message-based therapy app to help improve workplace well-being.<\/p>\n

But now a Bristol-based, UK startup hopes to make waves in the \u2018workplace measurement\u2019 space, and it plans to use the rocket fuel of Generative AI. <\/p>\n

Employing a combination of Open AI\u2019s ChaptGPT, combined with its own proprietary coaching platform for staff well-being, Loopin<\/a> hopes to break out from the rest of the field.<\/p>\n

Now, it might be easy at this point to shrug at yet another startup pulling an Open AI API. But this is not your average startup. <\/p>\n

The two founders are battle-hardened, former Royal Marine Commandos, Ben Williams<\/a> and Antony Thompson. After leaving the armed forces, Ben went into coaching leadership teams at corporates, including the England Football Team and Manchester United. He also wrote the 2020 book \u201cThe Commando Mindset<\/a>\u201d, published by Penguin.<\/p>\n

These two highly trained, former special forces soldiers have now poured all their knowledge – as well as academic research papers and other data – into training data for their platform on how to build teams. And that\u2019s the difference. <\/p>\n

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On the surface of Loopin is the daily \u2018check-in\u2019 via Slack or Microsoft Teams. Employees share small updates on their mood, using emojis, which are anonymized for privacy.<\/p>\n

Trained on Ben\u2019s coaching methodology and based on each\u00a0team\u2019s data, Loopin\u2019s \u2018virtual coach\u2019 then provides managers tips on how to better support their team and unlock better performance. <\/p>\n

Team managers can also share their status with higher-up managers, in order to get help on how to boost team moral, as you can see from the below video:<\/p>\n