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An AI presentation maker that works like a good analyst
Tell Bumblebee what you need in a sentence, such as a five-slide deck comparing your pricing with three competitors, and keep talking about other things. It builds the file in the background and posts it as a reply to your request, with a preview of every slide. You get PowerPoint decks, Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in your organisation's colours and fonts.
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How it works
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Ask in plain words
Say what the file is for, who will read it and what it should draw on: a file you uploaded, something you told it earlier, or research on the web.
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It builds and checks the file
It writes the content, lays it out in your brand and checks the result. Text that runs off a slide gets fixed, and a one-pager has to fit on one page.
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Ask for changes the same way
"Make slide 3 punchier" or "add a column for last year" makes a new version. Earlier versions stay in your Library and still open.
What kinds of files can it make?
Bumblebee makes slide decks as PowerPoint files, documents such as memos, briefs and one-pagers as Word files, and spreadsheets as Excel files. Decks can include charts and tables, and a spreadsheet is checked so it opens with no formula errors.
If your Google account is connected, it can also save a copy to your Google Drive as a Google Slides, Docs or Sheets file.
Will the deck look like my company's?
Yes, once your organisation sets its brand: its name, colours, fonts and logo. Every deck and document is laid out with them, so you don't spend the first ten minutes fixing fonts.
Uploading your own PowerPoint or Word master template isn't supported yet. Bumblebee lays out its own slide masters using your brand settings.
Where does the content come from?
From what you point it at. That can be a file you uploaded, earlier conversations, or research it does on the web for the job. Each file keeps a record of where it came from: your request, the work that produced it and the sources it read.
When it learns something about other companies along the way, such as a competitor's prices, it remembers that with the source and the date. That never overrides something you told it yourself.
What happens when I ask for changes?
Every change makes a new version, and the old ones are kept. You can open, preview and download any earlier version, and each preview says which version it shows.
You can ask for a change in the conversation or from the file itself in your Library, under Make a new version.
Are the files safe to open and send on?
Files are built in a sealed space with no internet access, and they come back without macros or embedded programs. A file that still has formula errors after its last check is thrown away. If a layout issue is left, the result says so in a note under the file.
What it won't do, or doesn't do yet
- It can't use your own PowerPoint or Word master templates yet. It works from your brand's colours, fonts and logo.
- You change a file by asking for a new version. There's no editing inside the app itself; download the file to edit it by hand.
- It can't share a file with other people for you yet. You download it or save it to your Drive and share it from there.
- With Google Drive, it sees only the files it saved there itself. Picking an existing Drive file to work from is not built yet; upload it instead.
- There is a daily limit on how much building each person can do, so very large batches of files may have to wait for the next day.
Questions people ask
Can Bumblebee make a PowerPoint presentation from a few sentences?
Yes. Describe the deck in a sentence or two, including who it's for and how many slides you want, and it builds a PowerPoint file in your organisation's brand. If you don't give a number, it usually makes five to eight slides.
How long does a deck take?
It depends on how much it has to read or research first. You keep talking to your assistant while it works, and the finished file is posted as a reply to your original request.
Can it make spreadsheets with working formulas?
Yes. Spreadsheets come back as Excel files and are checked for formula errors before you get them. Formulas that would pull in data from outside websites aren't allowed, so a copied cell can't fetch anything when you open the file.
Does it keep old versions?
Yes. Each change makes a new version, and every earlier version stays in your Library, where you can preview and download it.
Can it save files to Google Drive?
Yes, once you connect your Google account. It saves a copy converted to Google Slides, Docs or Sheets.
Can I upload my company template?
Not yet. Your organisation can set its name, colours, fonts and logo, and every file uses them. Uploaded master templates will come when organisations ask for them.
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- Memory you can seeBumblebee remembers your people, projects and promises. A Memory page shows every fact and its source, and you can edit, forget or pause it.
Hand it the first thing on your list.
Sign in, give your assistant a name and tell it what you're working on. It takes about five minutes.
Bumblebee is in a closed alpha. Sign in with your email; if you are not invited yet, you join the waitlist and we write when a place opens.