Marissa Mayer's Dazzle AI learns from your photos

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has unveiled Dazzle, a personal AI assistant that builds context about users entirely from their camera roll rather than emails or calendars. Raising an $8 million seed round last December, Dazzle analyzes stored photos to infer hobbies, travel history, family interests, and style preferences. Users interact via app or text for tasks like populating calendars from event flyers or getting personalized gift and vacation ideas. In testing, the assistant surfaced relevant suggestions but showed blind spots. Mayer argues photos are less sensitive than emails, positioning Dazzle as a privacy-friendlier alternative to competitors like Meta's Muse and Instinct.