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That is too funny. So we crash the car while distracted, filming the demo for AI powered voice email we do during our commute, and "Judges love the demo". Pretty funny when nobody gets hurt, not so funny when we rear end a family of 4 or injure a pedestrian.

It's a controversial story, generates buzz. But as usual, the human cost seems to fall by the wayside along the way. You need brainpower to process email, right? Can people really drive properly while trying to focus on something else? Seems like the answer is instantly no, and they are still in YC. Makes me a little sick.

> We record a demo and dent Akash’s car while recording, just minutes before the deadline. Judges love the demo.

I am not sure why it sounded like a good idea to mention potentially breaking the law during the application process...

The product sounds nice though. Are there any examples of successful email-related software companies? I can think of Superhuman. Maybe hey?

There's been a number of projects on this pipeline
We didn't expect this will come on hackernews. But more on this - April is voice first app so you dont have to see/use your phone.

Crash was because of the panic - we were getting late and I reversed the car while taking a turn and didn't see the pillar - I crashed into it - this was before we started recording or started speaking with April.

But that is a good flag - will update the article with more details.

How do you stay alive when there's a billion AI email companies out there?
I must have interviewed for at least 4 or 5 of those companies the last couple times I changed jobs. A few of them were YC. I can't find their online presence anymore, or they have pivoted to something else.
In that case do NOT go to the YC list for Summer 2025 and do NOT Ctrl+F for "AI"
I wonder how this is not a tarpit idea that YC famously ask founders to avoid.
The thing with reading vs speaking to my emails is, it's much quicker and mentally less exhausting for me to just read and quickly reply or move them to folder in just a few seconds than having this kind of long conversation while driving and putting pedestrians and other drivers and myself at risk.
Should put an AI disclaimer on the title
half my youtube ads are about AI productivity/assistants, so many of them, good luck.