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.

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