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Diliani Kahawala

Co-founder and CEO of Anna (hianna.ai), an AI personal assistant for busy parents, based in Melbourne; PhD in theoretical physics and former product leader at Meta, Etsy, and Atlassian.

Sep 3, 2026

13:35
How does she keep you on task so that you can trust that you don't have to think about it again?
13:42
Yeah.
13:43
I mean, the first thing you will notice is that as soon as, you know, something comes through email or you've told her, you know, pay attention to these kinds of things from my WhatsApp, she'll start sending you.
13:55
I'm like, I noticed that This permission flip came through.
13:58
Do you want me to add it to your task list? So those things she will send you as they're coming.
14:05
And I think that's one of the ways that she very quickly builds trust because you know that she's not dropping the ball, which is the worst thing ever, right? Like if your assistant drops the ball, you're like, that's like double work for me.
14:16
It's the same with events.
16:41
Yeah.

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