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AI · October 17, 2023

DataMotto – Proactive AI Data Analyst

Hi HN! I am Ardalan, co-founder of DataMotto (https://datamotto.com), which is a proactive AI data analyst. It is an AI tool that enables people ask custom questions about their data and receive immediate data-driven answers. During my PhD in Data Science and years of experience as a data scientist and consultant, I've closely collaborated with individuals who lacked data expertise and relied on others when they need insights for their custom questions. This process was often time-consuming and frustrating. DataMotto was born out of a desire to bridge these gaps and alleviate their…

DataMotto – Proactive AI Data Analyst launched on October 17, 2023 with 11 votes, #1,449 of 4,393 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

In plain words

DataMotto is an AI data analyst tool that lets users ask custom questions about their data and receive immediate answers without needing data expertise. It's designed for people who previously had to wait for data specialists to provide insights. The tool works by processing one question at a time, enabling non-technical users to get data-driven answers quickly and independently.

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From the sources

Create interactive presentations from docs, sources, or ideas with AI agents. It builds visual slides, adds narration, and lets audiences interact live.

MyLens is your AI presentation agent. It creates all your visual slides, adds narration, and stays live so anyone can interact more deeply. Start with your content, pick an agent and theme, and get a deeply personalized, interactive presentation ready to share with your audience—in seconds. MyLens adds clear AI narration to your presentation—so your story is heard as well as seen, whether you present live or share a link. By adding the MyLens Chrome Extension , you can transform any webpage — dashboards, news, social media, private portals, or even YouTube — into dynamic visualizations in seconds. Every visual slide is interactive—click any part for a deeper explanation, infographics,…from datamotto.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN! I am Ardalan, co-founder of DataMotto (https://datamotto.com), which is a proactive AI data analyst. It is an AI tool that enables people ask custom questions about their data and receive immediate data-driven answers. During my PhD in Data Science and years of experience as a data scientist and…

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