Avec is a free iOS email app for Gmail that turns inbox triage into a swipe-and-talk loop on your phone. By default, the left swipe adds the email to a pile that you can address later, and the right swipe adds it to the done (or archive) pile. A press-and-hold button at the bottom of the card stack lets you dictate replies, with the transcription appearing as an editable draft before you send. While managing your inbox, Avec lets you mark unimportant emails by swiping down, and the app learns from what gets put in the unimportant pile and can show it to you in a group instead of forcing you to triage these emails one by one.
The app was founded by Jonathan Unikowski, who previously worked at Replit in a product engineering role . His pitch is that voice tools like Wispr Flow and Monologue work as standalone keyboards, while Avec has the full context of your email, so it can understand names and apply better edits based on the tone of the email, and over time learn your personal writing style . The interface is built around the constraints of mobile, where most people actually read their mail, with a conventional list view available for anyone who does not want the card stack.
The launch matters now because the company is putting real backing behind a category most founders treat as solved. Avec is currently available in the U.S. and free to use for Gmail users, with support for Outlook in the works , and the company has raised $8.4 million from investors including Lightspeed and Haystack, with participation from Replit CEO Amjad Masad, Replit's head of AI Michele Catasta, Behance co-founder Scott Belsky, and Lenny Rachitsky . For founders and operators who live in their inbox on the go, it is worth a look as a credible alternative to Superhuman-style desktop workflows.
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Priya RaghavanApr 28, 2026
"Takes the weight of email off your shoulders" is doing a lot of work. Try: "Inbox zero in the time it takes to make coffee."
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Tomasz KarolakApr 28, 2026
The launch tweet is almost too restrained. One sentence on the raise, one on the product, done. Refreshing after the usual 14-tweet manifesto.
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Devika M.Apr 28, 2026
Free AI email app funded by an 8 figure round. We all know what the product actually is, and it's the inbox.
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Marisol DuarteApr 28, 2026
Genuine question about the demo: are those response suggestions generated live or pre-baked for the recording? The cuts are suspiciously clean.
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Chidi OkonkwoApr 28, 2026
Been saying I'll launch my own focus app for 8 months. Avec dropping today is making me close 14 tabs in shame.
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leo b.Apr 28, 2026
The wordmark on the landing page has lovely spacing but the hero gradient is fighting the screenshot for attention. Pick a hero, Avec.
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Henrik SølvbergApr 28, 2026
Cool, but is there an API? Asking because half my inbox is automated and I'd love to triage it from a script before Avec ever sees it.
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Reza TabatabaiApr 28, 2026
Attention is the only asset that compounds when you don't spend it. Curious to see if this app respects that or just becomes another notification source.
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Ofelia MarínApr 28, 2026
Whoever edited the demo deserves a raise. The hold on the inbox emptying out is perfectly timed, no music swell needed.
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Wenjia LiuApr 28, 2026
We built something almost identical for internal use at a Big Co in 2019 and shelved it because legal got nervous. Excited to see who handles it better.
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Klara NovakApr 28, 2026
Free + Gmail scopes + AI summarization. What's the data retention policy and where are the embeddings stored? The site is light on this.
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Amara EzeApr 28, 2026
If this actually clears my inbox in seconds I will personally retire the phrase "inbox zero" and replace it with "avec."
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Avec is a free iOS email app for Gmail that turns inbox triage into a swipe-and-talk loop on your phone. By default, the left swipe adds the email to a pile that you can address later, and the right swipe adds it to the done (or archive) pile. A press-and-hold button at the bottom of the card stack lets you dictate replies, with the transcription appearing as an editable draft before you send. While managing your inbox, Avec lets you mark unimportant emails by swiping down, and the app learns from what gets put in the unimportant pile and can show it to you in a group instead of forcing you to triage these emails one by one. The app was founded by Jonathan Unikowski, who previously worked at Replit in a product engineering role . His pitch is that voice tools like Wispr Flow and Monologue work as standalone keyboards, while Avec has the full context of your email, so it can understand names and apply better edits based on the tone of the email, and over time learn your personal writing style . The interface is built around the constraints of mobile, where most people actually read their mail, with a conventional list view available for anyone who does not want the card stack. The launch matters now because the company is putting real backing behind a category most founders treat as solved. Avec is currently available in the U.S. and free to use for Gmail users, with support for Outlook in the works , and the company has raised $8.4 million from investors including Lightspeed and Haystack, with participation from Replit CEO Amjad Masad, Replit's head of AI Michele Catasta, Behance co-founder Scott Belsky, and Lenny Rachitsky . For founders and operators who live in their inbox on the go, it is worth a look as a credible alternative to Superhuman-style desktop workflows.
Comments (12)
"Takes the weight of email off your shoulders" is doing a lot of work. Try: "Inbox zero in the time it takes to make coffee."
The launch tweet is almost too restrained. One sentence on the raise, one on the product, done. Refreshing after the usual 14-tweet manifesto.
Free AI email app funded by an 8 figure round. We all know what the product actually is, and it's the inbox.
Genuine question about the demo: are those response suggestions generated live or pre-baked for the recording? The cuts are suspiciously clean.
Been saying I'll launch my own focus app for 8 months. Avec dropping today is making me close 14 tabs in shame.
The wordmark on the landing page has lovely spacing but the hero gradient is fighting the screenshot for attention. Pick a hero, Avec.
Cool, but is there an API? Asking because half my inbox is automated and I'd love to triage it from a script before Avec ever sees it.
Attention is the only asset that compounds when you don't spend it. Curious to see if this app respects that or just becomes another notification source.
Whoever edited the demo deserves a raise. The hold on the inbox emptying out is perfectly timed, no music swell needed.
We built something almost identical for internal use at a Big Co in 2019 and shelved it because legal got nervous. Excited to see who handles it better.
Free + Gmail scopes + AI summarization. What's the data retention policy and where are the embeddings stored? The site is light on this.
If this actually clears my inbox in seconds I will personally retire the phrase "inbox zero" and replace it with "avec."