Published inMailBots·Sep 26, 2019MailBots Is Turning Into FollowUpThen SkillsGood by for now, MailBots! 👋🤖 — After many conversations, experiments and prototypes, we decided to put MailBots on hold and repurpose our work into a powerful, extensible version of our original product, FollowUpThen. Why? We discovered the best MailBot ideas were either “FollowUpThen-shaped” (focused on perfect timing), or utilized only a small part of the platform —…Email3 min readEmail3 min read
Published inMailBots·May 30, 2019Create An Email-Only ToDo App In Under 10 Minutes 🏎Use MailBots to get things done without leaving your inbox. — What is MailBots? MailBots is a platform for building, distributing and using email-based bots that help people get more done from their inbox. We created MailBots to bridge the gap between your inbox and the various tools you use every day — CRMs, calendars, todo lists, note taking apps and more. 👉 Read…JavaScript8 min readJavaScript8 min read
Published inMailBots·Mar 6, 2019Platform Update: NLP, UI Improvements and API ChangesWe’ve made several improvements based on the excellent feedback we received in the past few weeks. LUIS Natural Language Processing We recently published our LUIS natural language processing skill, allowing any MailBot to extract entities and derive intent from natural language in email text. Sandbox: Replay Event Webhooks Webhooks can now…2 min read2 min read
Published inMailBots·Mar 6, 2019The Natural Language MailBotAnnouncing the LUIS MailBot NLP skill — Does a bot have to pretend like it’s human to justify the title of “bot”? We at MailBots think the answer is no, but the real answer is probably a bit more nuanced. A piece of technology can take on a spectrum of “human likeness”. A little human likeness is…Bots5 min readBots5 min read
Published inMailBots·Jan 29, 2019Introducing MailBots: Bots For EmailMailBots is a platform for creating bots on top of email — only email. We are solving the unique challenges and unlocking opportunities that email-based bots present and packaging it all into an easy to use bot-building platform. Your email-based bot / personal assistant / AI is coming soon and…Bots6 min readBots6 min read
Published inGopherHQ·Oct 2, 2018Gopher: Get More Done With EmailSince the end of Y Combinator last year, we’ve been hard at work synthesizing feedback, designing and building something that may change the way you think about email. Gopher is a platform that lets developers build useful extensions on top of native email – without plugins, without downloads, and without…Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read