The Daily Brief

Fun Fact Friday: In honor of Left-Handers Day on August 13th, it’s interesting to note:

• Left-handed people earn up to 12% less than right-handed people.

• Lefties are less able to roll their tongues than Righties.

• Of the seven most recent U.S presidents, four have been Lefties.

Slack AI Assistant AceBot Secures $650K from Accel Partners

AceBot, a productivity bot for Slack users, announced this week that it has raised $650,000 in seed financing from Accel Partners. According to cofounder and CEO Ravindra Krishnappa, the funding will be used to enhance the bot’s ability to interpret business data and make it useful to users. Read more →

Inventor of Facebook Timeline Launches App That Auto-Logs Personal Digital Footprints

A blog post published today by Y Combinator features a story about one notable alum of its current class: an iOS app called Fabric that pieces together users’ past activities and locations from postings on a range of social media platforms. Read more →