FocusBuddy (YC S24) - Your always on AI executive assistant

Thanks @schiffy! Keep us posted!

@schiffy Ooh, I actually hadn't heard of the Moleskine. I'm gonna check it out, see what we can learn from it.

@ilyagolubev_1 thanks so much for the love, Ilya. That's exactly why we built this!

Thanks for bringing this up @othman_kabbaj! Focus Buddy is optimised for all the above use cases. I realise I have made no mention of it in the demo video or the description. Currently Focus Buddy is also available on your phone it works exactly the same way on your mobile browser(Safari, Chrome, etc) as it does on a Desktop. A mobile is app is also coming soon. I do my morning routine with focus buddy. I usually have 5 or 6 tasks in my routine each taking about 5-10 minutes. I start knocking them out one by one and ask focus buddy to check in on me at the end of each task to make sure I am not distracted, lingering around, or doing something else. Finishing the tasks this way helps me build momentum for the rest of the day.

@othman_kabbaj definitely hoping that existing to-do list + co-working Flow helps with the everyday utility tasks. Chores like coding are just so much more fun. One of the big theses we have is, "If the AI understands what you have to do, it can create ways to make it feel more like a game," so that most other tasks (like writing documents) also feel like coding. That's actually one of the things we're planning to iterate on soon.

@yashmr , well done to the team. Nice and efficient product :). Best of luck and congrats on YC ;)

Glad to hear it's useful @alexander_wu ! Keep us posted!

Glad you like it @ishaanh! What would you like to see next?

@ishaanh Thanks so much for the support Ishaan!

Thanks for the feedback @atharva_talpade2! Focus Buddy will soon start coaching you which will include helping you get started! In the future, we have plans to integrate Focus Buddy with other AI agents so they can do tasks for you in the background while you work!

@atharva_talpade2 for now what we found actually most of the to-do's you care about are the ones that are recent and currently happening and if you kind of just start co-working with the AI for the accountability and insights benefits you realize very quickly it just passively builds up something very close to your latest to-do list within like yeah it's like without you having to do much work so I think it's a pretty good place to get started

Thanks @varun_jindal8! We have put a lot of effort into AI voice infrastructure to provide a seamless, non interruptive conversation experience. Up next you will be able to listen to music and have conversations with the AI at the same time without having to turn the volume up or down!

@varun_jindal8 Thanks varun!

Glad you like it @harshiparshi!

@harshiparshi Thanks Harshita <3

Thanks for sticking with us throughout the way @mukundh_murthy! Much more coming soon!

@mukundh_murthy Thanks for the support all the way through Mukundh. it's been a grind from phone calls > phone calls with text > shit website > good website > web app and the AI shows up all the time!

Thanks @isaiahcreati! Different voices are coming up in the next couple weeks. In the future, I am excited to try giving users the freedom to bring your own voice. I believe being able to have an AI that sounds like someone you respect could be interesting!

@isaiahcreati I think we're going to go past different voices at some point into different personalities. You're going to have someone who's more motivational, someone who's more considerate, someone who's more etc. etc., and that's going to mean a change in voice, tone, and choice of words.