Typewise vs Hermes Robotics

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Typewise is an AI keyboard application that replaces the native smartphone keyboard with a hexagonal key layout designed to reduce typing errors — using larger keys arranged in a honeycomb pattern, combined with AI-powered next-word prediction and custom autocorrect. Founded in 2018 by David Eberle and Christian Dillier in Zurich, Switzerland, Typewise offers both a consumer mobile keyboard and a B2B product for customer service teams where AI text prediction helps agents respond faster and more consistently to common queries.\n\nTypewise's B2B keyboard product is its primary growth focus — providing customer service departments with an AI keyboard that learns company-specific phrasing, product names, and response templates to help support agents type faster and more accurately. The AI text prediction for business is trained on the company's existing support conversations to suggest the most relevant next words and phrases. Typewise claims 70% reduction in response time for customer service teams using its B2B keyboard.\n\nIn 2025, Typewise competes in the AI keyboard and customer service productivity market. The consumer keyboard market is dominated by Gboard (Google) and SwiftKey (Microsoft), making consumer market penetration difficult. The B2B customer service productivity tool market competes with Zendesk, Freshdesk's AI features, and typing prediction tools built into CRM platforms. Typewise's 2025 strategy focuses on the B2B enterprise keyboard product for customer service teams, expanding its predictive AI capabilities, and growing SaaS subscription revenue from enterprise customers in customer service-intensive industries like e-commerce, insurance, and telecommunications.