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Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life

Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.

Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life

TL;DR

  • Poppy organizes smartphone chaos by combining calendar, email, messages, and other services into one dashboard.
  • It uses AI to analyze user data and proactively suggest relevant actions or information.
  • Features include proactive suggestions for breaks, restaurant recommendations based on preferences, flight tracking, and medication reminders.
  • The app integrates with common services like Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Gmail, Outlook, iMessage, WhatsApp, and more.
  • Poppy's maker, Sai Kambampati, is focused on ambient computing and proactive AI assistance.
  • The company prioritizes data encryption and has a zero-retention policy for cloud-based LLMs, with future plans for on-device AI.
  • Poppy has secured $1.25 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Kindred Ventures and Logan Kilpatrick.