Meet Aidan Guo, young entrepreneur building an AI desktop assistant, his startup has already attracted about $1.6 million in funding
Aidan Guo is trying to change how people use their computers with artificial intelligence (AI). At the age of just 20, Guo is the co-founder of Attention Engineering, a startup developing an AI-powered desktop assistant designed to understand user’s work and help them complete tasks.
Guo’s startup had attracted around $1.6 million in funding, according to a July 2026 report by TechCrunch. Guo is building the company with co-founder Julian Windeck.
The company aims to make AI more useful in everyday computer work, and determine what users are doing and provide help based on that.
