Martin
AI personal assistant across email, calendar, calls, SMS, and Slack
Last reviewed 2026-06-19
Martin (trymartin.com) is an AI personal assistant positioned as a Jarvis-style chief of staff. You interact with it across channels: text it, call it, email it, or message it in Slack and WhatsApp. It manages your calendar and inbox, coordinates scheduling, prepares reply drafts, places wake-up calls that summarize your email, news, and tasks, and handles reminders. Founded around 2023 by Dawson Chen and Ethan Hou (YC Summer 2023) and backed by a reported $2M seed, Martin targets busy professionals who want a personal assistant for a fraction of the cost of a human EA. Email drafting requires approval before sending, so it is a copilot there; activated routines like cc-to-schedule and wake-up calls run more autonomously once enabled, making them supervised-agent behaviors. The underlying models are not disclosed.
What it can do
Draft email replies for approval
CopilotPrepares reply drafts ("Proactive Drafts") overnight; the user reviews before sending.
sourceSchedule meetings on your behalf
SupervisedCC Martin ("Cc to Schedule") to coordinate and book meetings, proposing times you can adjust.
sourcePlace voice and wake-up calls
SupervisedCalls you to summarize email, news, and tasks, and can text and call people on your behalf.
sourceOrganize the inbox
SupervisedApplies Gmail labels or Outlook folders and summarizes mail.
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Strengths
- +Truly multi-channel: text, call, email, Slack, and WhatsApp
- +Proactive (overnight drafts, wake-up calls), not just reactive
- +Cheap entry compared with a human assistant
Limitations
- −Young, tiny team and small seed round; continuity and scale risk
- −Underlying models are not disclosed
- −Acting on email and calendar requires deep account access, a large trust and privacy surface
Overview
Martin (trymartin.com) is an AI personal assistant positioned as a Jarvis-style chief of staff that you reach across text, voice, email, Slack, and WhatsApp.
What it does
Martin manages your calendar and inbox, coordinates scheduling via a cc-to-schedule workflow, prepares reply drafts overnight, makes wake-up calls that summarize your email, news, and tasks, and handles reminders. Email drafts require approval; activated routines run more autonomously once enabled.
Integrations & setup
Connects to Gmail, Outlook, Google and Outlook Calendar, Slack, WhatsApp, and SMS, and parses common file and image types. Available on web and iOS. The underlying models are not disclosed.
Pricing
Basic at a reported $21/mo (billed yearly) and Martin Pro at $49/mo (or $360/yr), which adds cc-to-schedule, proactive drafts, wake-up calls, and enhanced memory. A 7-day free trial is offered.
Best for / not for
Best for busy professionals who want a proactive, multi-channel personal assistant. Less suited to users wary of granting deep email and calendar access to an early-stage startup.
Traction
Martin raised a reported $2M seed in January 2025 (investors include Pioneer Fund and FoundersX Ventures) and went through YC's Summer 2023 batch.
Alternatives
Reclaim.ai and Motion focus on calendar/scheduling; Superhuman and Shortwave focus on email.
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FAQ
Does Martin act without my approval?+
Email drafts require your approval before sending, so it is a copilot there. Activated routines like cc-to-schedule and wake-up calls run more autonomously once you enable them, making them supervised-agent behaviors.
How do I interact with Martin?+
Across channels: text it, call it, email it, or message it in Slack or WhatsApp.
Sources
- Martin (official site) · accessed 2026-06-19
- Introducing Martin Pro (Martin blog) · accessed 2026-06-19
- Yale and Berkeley dropouts raise $2M for an AI assistant (VentureBeat) · accessed 2026-06-19
Last reviewed 2026-06-19