Roma is a consumer productivity app, available today on Mac and iPhone, that turns a traditional to-do list into something closer to a personal operator. Users capture a task by typing or speaking in natural language, and Roma cleans up the title, understands details like your project and due date, and kicks off the background work while they move on. The pitch to founders, operators, and anyone drowning in open loops is simple, which is that a thought should become a task and a task should start doing itself.
Behind the scenes, the app connects to tools people already use, including Dropbox for finding source files, Gmail for drafting replies with full thread context, Google Calendar for scheduling, Linear for turning observations into tickets, and Notion for pulling in existing docs. Roma also exposes an MCP server so users can work from ChatGPT or Claude and save results back into the app, and the Operator component has its own computer so it can act inside websites and apps the way a person would. This launch matters now because it drops a working consumer agent into a category still dominated by static checklists, giving the directory audience a concrete reference point for what task management looks like once agents become the interface.
Roma is built by Milo Mode Inc. and backed by Y Combinator in the F26 batch. Co-founder and CEO Jan Senderek previously founded Loom (YC W12), the photo storage startup acquired by Dropbox , and co-founder Tobi previously built Senic (YC S13), which was acquired by Gira , giving the team a track record of shipping and selling consumer products before taking on productivity software.
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Nadia Feverova3d ago
The cut from blank list to agent populating tasks around 0:14 is the whole pitch in two seconds. Everything after that is just confirmation.
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Priya Varma3d ago
Tagline is close but a little passive. Try: 'Roma. The list that finishes before you do.'
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Obi P.3d ago
A to-do list that does itself sounds great until it schedules my dentist appointment during my kid's birthday. How much leash does it actually have on day one?
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Dag Halvorsen3d ago
ok wait, if this actually clears my inbox-triggered tasks without me babysitting it, you've basically killed three Chrome extensions I pay for. hot take: that's the real moat.
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Margot B.3d ago
The pricing page is doing a lot of 'contact us' energy for a consumer-looking product. Pick a lane before the first churn cohort does it for you.
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chen3d ago
shipped something eerily similar at a large square company in 2019, we called it Autodone and legal killed it in review. curious how you handle the undo problem when the agent acts faster than the user reads.
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Fariha Qureshi3d ago
Hey Jan, writing a piece on agentic productivity this week. Any numbers you can share on how often users actually let Roma execute vs just suggest? Happy to keep it on background.
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Tomás Lindqvist3d ago
Building in the adjacent calendar-agent lane and honestly the landing page video is cleaner than ours, respect. different wedge though, we'll both be fine.
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Roma is a consumer productivity app, available today on Mac and iPhone, that turns a traditional to-do list into something closer to a personal operator. Users capture a task by typing or speaking in natural language, and Roma cleans up the title, understands details like your project and due date, and kicks off the background work while they move on. The pitch to founders, operators, and anyone drowning in open loops is simple, which is that a thought should become a task and a task should start doing itself. Behind the scenes, the app connects to tools people already use, including Dropbox for finding source files, Gmail for drafting replies with full thread context, Google Calendar for scheduling, Linear for turning observations into tickets, and Notion for pulling in existing docs. Roma also exposes an MCP server so users can work from ChatGPT or Claude and save results back into the app, and the Operator component has its own computer so it can act inside websites and apps the way a person would. This launch matters now because it drops a working consumer agent into a category still dominated by static checklists, giving the directory audience a concrete reference point for what task management looks like once agents become the interface. Roma is built by Milo Mode Inc. and backed by Y Combinator in the F26 batch. Co-founder and CEO Jan Senderek previously founded Loom (YC W12), the photo storage startup acquired by Dropbox , and co-founder Tobi previously built Senic (YC S13), which was acquired by Gira , giving the team a track record of shipping and selling consumer products before taking on productivity software.
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The cut from blank list to agent populating tasks around 0:14 is the whole pitch in two seconds. Everything after that is just confirmation.
Tagline is close but a little passive. Try: 'Roma. The list that finishes before you do.'
A to-do list that does itself sounds great until it schedules my dentist appointment during my kid's birthday. How much leash does it actually have on day one?
ok wait, if this actually clears my inbox-triggered tasks without me babysitting it, you've basically killed three Chrome extensions I pay for. hot take: that's the real moat.
The pricing page is doing a lot of 'contact us' energy for a consumer-looking product. Pick a lane before the first churn cohort does it for you.
shipped something eerily similar at a large square company in 2019, we called it Autodone and legal killed it in review. curious how you handle the undo problem when the agent acts faster than the user reads.
Hey Jan, writing a piece on agentic productivity this week. Any numbers you can share on how often users actually let Roma execute vs just suggest? Happy to keep it on background.
Building in the adjacent calendar-agent lane and honestly the landing page video is cleaner than ours, respect. different wedge though, we'll both be fine.