Avec’s email app for Tinder lets you customize your inbox

Programs like Superhuman and Mimestream have tried to get people into the zero box on the computer. Now, a new program called I am on mobile the goal is to get you into your inbox using Tinder-style swipe cards and voice-based responses.

The app, which is available for the first time on iOS, uses Tinder-style cards where, by default, a left swipe adds an email to a pile that you can edit later, and a right swipe adds to the pile that’s happened (or old posts).

The email “stack” of cards also has a button at the bottom that allows you to reply to emails using your own words. When you release the button after speaking, the text will appear as text. You can review the document for errors, make any changes, and send an email.

Avec said that while apps like Wispr Flow, Willow, and Monolouge exist, they are constrained by Apple’s APIs, and users must install them as a separate keyboard app to work. Meanwhile, Avec has the entire context of your email, so it can understand the names and apply the correct changes based on the tone of the email. Because of this issue, the email program can also understand your emails, the company said.

When managing your inbox, Aved allows you to delete unwanted emails by changing a specific email address. Email will learn from what has been placed in the junk pile and can show you a group instead of forcing you to try these emails one by one.

While the card-based mode is Avec’s unique feature, it also offers the classic list-based mode.

This program was launched by Jonathan Unikowksi, who previously worked at Replit in the engineering department. Unikowksi said that he was thinking about building tools that he would use every day. He explored ideas such as building a web browser, but eventually settled on email.

“It’s this thing that hasn’t changed for twenty-five years,” Unikowksi told TechCrunch over the phone. He said Gmail was the last big change in email, which has had long-term effects on how email is managed. “It’s a big part of everyone’s life, no matter how much they hate it.” And it seemed clear to me that through the best integration and, of course, the smart use of new AI tools, we can do much better,”

Avec is not the only one who has these thoughts. Apart from Superhuman, programs like Shortwave and Spike They have tried different ways to deliver email. Over the past decade, Basecamp’s Hey They have tried to “reinvent” email and become a new agent, but, as a paid service, it has not reached the same level as Gmail.

When I asked Unikowksi about choosing mobile over desktop as the first place to install an email client, he said that platform constraints can force creativity, and mobile is often the first place people view their email.

“I’m a big believer in this idea of ​​not forcing creativity, so that you don’t have too little for an iOS app. On phones, you have a very small screen (compared to a computer). You don’t have a physical keyboard. So if you force someone to install a new app, it has to be very good.

The app is currently available in the US and is free to use for Gmail users. Outlook support is in the works. Unikowksi said the company plans to introduce paid shares at some point, but is still thinking about what to include in the offering.

The company has raised $8.4 million to date from investors, including Lightspeed and Haystack, with participation from people like Replit CEO Amjad Massad, Replit’s head of AI Michele Catasta, Behance co-founder Scott Belsky, and Lenny Rachitsky.