New app uses neuroscience and adaptive AI to help students and professionals boost focus, productivity, and well-being
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Augment Me, the cognitive alignment company, today announced the launch of WotNow?!, its AI agent for engagement-based coaching. Powered by developments in neuroscience, psychology, and AI, WotNow?! provides users with real-time guidance and personalized recommendations to improve focus, productivity, and mental health. Applicable across workplaces, classrooms, and for personal use, the app is available on both iPhone and Android.
Designed to evaluate the user’s level of engagement and concentration, the agent interprets subtle biometric signals using a smartphone’s camera (with secure, privacy-first rPPG technology) and responds instantly with simple, actionable prompts to restore focus and flow.
Over time WotNow?! helps users understand their “Peak Performance Times” to match their tasks and schedules with their cognitive rhythms, improving productivity.
“Responsible for declines in performance and mental health, disengagement is the hidden productivity killer in both schools and workplaces,” said Sameer Yami, Founder & CEO of Augment Me. “Restoring engagement improves performance, enjoyment, and is the key to helping current and future generations thrive – especially in the age of AI.”
While AI use that outsources tasks is harming productivity as much as it’s helping it, even leading to cognitive decline, Augment Me is focused on applying AI to enhance human capabilities. Through rigorous research and a series of targeted pilot programs conducted in diverse workplace and educational environments, Augment Me has consistently facilitated notable enhancements in mental focus.
In a two-year study with students, including in underserved Title I schools, the system boosted focus, reduced stress, and improved standardized test scores, surpassing national growth benchmarks by 100–400+ points. Now, Augment Me is expanding its impact by working with both forward-looking schools and companies, bringing these productivity, learning, and well-being benefits to students and professionals.
“We now know that when cognitive state and task are aligned, humans are often at their best, whereas when they’re misaligned, the opposite is true,” continues Yami, “Matching state-to-task is a better way to learn, teach, and work, and it’s been made possible by AI.”
The release of WotNow?! marks a major milestone in Augment Me’s mission to transform how humans and AI interact. Further expansion of the use cases for the technology include identifying the attention patterns of everyone in a conference room or classroom, giving presenters real-time feedback to best engage their audiences. Already selected as one of the Top 200 startups globally at TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield, Augment Me is rapidly becoming a leader in human performance technology.
To learn more about WotNow?! visit https://augment-me.com/.
To get started, individuals should download the app for iPhone and Android, and businesses can also integrate the API to embed engagement measurements into their workflows.
About Augment Me
Crafted by leading neuroscientists, psychologists, educators, and mental wellness experts, Augment Me is transforming work and learning through AI and neuroscience-driven productivity and performance. Its platform translates biometric signals into actionable insights that help people and organizations stay focused, resilient, and effective. Augment Me empowers students, teachers, and professionals to regain control of their engagement to drive sustainable improvements in learning, productivity, and well-being.
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