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Re: Show HN: AgentMail – Email infra for AI agents

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Post by FinnKuhn »

smpandya wrote: post #9

Why build with email now? Isn’t the world moving towards voice / live-chat paradigms?

I would actually go as far as potentially considering email a distributed protocol for live-chat considering how quickly they are delivered [1]. I'm aware that is not how many people use them, but I believe that is more related to the interface and not the underlying technology. Somebody could probably built a live-chat messenger that looks like Teams or iMessage while actually just being an email client. Edit: This already exists [2].

[1] https://groups.io/email-provider-status [2] https://www.spikenow.com/features/conversational-email/

Re: Show HN: AgentMail – Email infra for AI agents

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Post by Haakam21 »

loremm wrote: post #20

Keep in mind that default Gmail allows webhooks for any changes (email received but also changing labels, etc), for free using Gmail pubsub. I use it a lot because it's the only way of getting programmatic notifications from credit card purchases (turn on purchase alerts to all cards, send to Gmail, have a filter archive but capture the reception in webhooks. Parse with simple regex) Super fast low latency very satis…

Totally hear you. We think Gmail works great for individuals. We are solving the challenges of scaling email to thousands of agents per tenant.

Re: Show HN: AgentMail – Email infra for AI agents

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Post by sauwan »

This is perfect timing for me - was just thinking about how to do this. But pricing is a bit steep for a startup currently looking to prove the market. Would you consider a cheaper option (e.g. 1 free inbox, or maybe $20/mo for 5 agent inboxes and a more limited storage level)? I'm building something that I might consider this for, but I don't know how long my runway is before I get sustainable client revenue, so $100/month is a deep hole being burned in my personal pocket before I can prove my MVP out.

Re: Show HN: AgentMail – Email infra for AI agents

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Post by simonw »

smpandya wrote: post #9

Why build with email now? Isn’t the world moving towards voice / live-chat paradigms?

One of the most important startup lessons to learn, in perpetuity, is not to underestimate email.

I learned this the hard way when I was running a startup 15 years ago (we used sign in with Twitter and didn't required people give us their email address) and it's still true today.

Email is almost universal, mostly free from gatekeepers and is an incredibly effective way to keep your product relevant in a way that doesn't depend on your users remembering to visit your site or open your app.

There are people out there who don't use email, but they tend to not be people who spend serious money on the kind of products most startups are building.

Re: Show HN: AgentMail – Email infra for AI agents

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Post by franze »

i created this last summer

https://gpt.franzai.com

(test just email gpt@franzai.com)

sadly it never took off so it just became another abandoned side project

but still sometimes I use it ie do distill long emails or translate them without leaving the inbox - also the reminder and todo list feature is nice - whereby i mostly use the "remind me of this email next monday"

so my learnings for email agents: give them a sense of time and memory. its not only about that you write an email and send it but also when to write whom

Re: Show HN: AgentMail – Email infra for AI agents

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Post by Haakam21 »

sauwan wrote: post #24

This is perfect timing for me - was just thinking about how to do this. But pricing is a bit steep for a startup currently looking to prove the market. Would you consider a cheaper option (e.g. 1 free inbox, or maybe $20/mo for 5 agent inboxes and a more limited storage level)? I'm building something that I might consider this for, but I don't know how long my runway is before I get sustainable client revenue, so $10…

Hey sauwan, happy to help! Email me at haakam[at]agentmail[dot]cc

Re: Show HN: AgentMail – Email infra for AI agents

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Post by Haakam21 »

franze wrote: post #27

i created this last summer https://gpt.franzai.com (test just email gpt@franzai.com) sadly it never took off so it just became another abandoned side project but still sometimes I use it ie do distill long emails or translate them without leaving the inbox - also the reminder and todo list feature is nice - whereby i mostly use the "remind me of this email next monday" so my learnings for email agents: give them a se…

Very cool! We’ve seen some neat personal assistants built with AgentMail as well
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