Meta AI director Rohit Patel is leaving to build an AI-native office suite

Ndoc combines analysis, data models and presentations in one workspace; Patel says he wants to build independently after 7.8 years at Meta.

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Primary source: TechCrunch

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Patel is turning years spent evaluating AI models into a bet on the software around AI: a shared file that links data, analysis and finished work. Ndoc must prove that teams will adopt a new workspace and file format while Microsoft and Google add AI to tools they already use.

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Rohit Patel is leaving Meta to build Ndoc, an AI-native workspace he wants to position against Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, TechCrunch reported on October 27th. Patel said in a LinkedIn post that he had spent 7.8 years at Meta and wanted to work on projects of his own.…

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