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  for the last 6 months and currently manages email for 2,500 beta users—and
  today we’re making it available for anyone to use. Start your free 7-day trial
  by going to: cora.computer. Cora is the $150K executive assistant that costs
  $15/month. Or $20/month if you want an Every subscription, too. This is what
  that actually means: Cora understands what’s important to you, screens your
  inbox, and only lets the most relevant emails through. The rest of your emails
  are summarized in a beautifully designed brief that’s sent to you twice a day.
  If it has enough context, Cora drafts replies for you in your voice. You can
  talk to Cora like you would your chief of staff—you can give it special
  instructions on how you want certain emails handled, ask it to summarize
  things, and even give you an opinion on complex decisions. In this episode of
  AI & I, I sat down with the team behind Cora—Brandon Gell, head of the product
  studio; Kieran Klaassen, Cora’s general manager; and Nityesh Agarwal, engineer
  at Cora—for a closer look at how it all came together. We talk about: The
  story of the first time Brandon, Kieran, and I used Cora, while sipping wine
  at the Every retreat in Nice. The evolution of Cora’s categorization system,
  from a 4-hour vibe-coded prototype to a multi-faceted product with thousands
  of happy users. The features on Cora’s roadmap we’re most excited about: a
  unified brief across different email accounts, an iOS app, and an even more
  powerful assistant. This is a must-watch if you’re curious about what it feels
  like to give Cora your inbox, and take back your life. Go to cora.computer to
  start your 7-day free trial now. If you found this episode interesting, please
  like, subscribe, comment, and share! FYI: You might notice some camera lag for
  Kieran mid-episode—thanks for bearing with us! Want even more? Sign up for
  Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here:
  https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only
  for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from
  Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X:
  https://twitter.com/danshipper Sponsor: Experience high quality AI video
  generation with Google's most capable video model: Veo 3. Try it in the Gemini
  app at gemini.google with a Google AI Pro plan or get the highest access with
  the Ultra plan. Timestamps: 00:01:40 - Introduction 00:04:21 - Three ways Cora
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  Dan used Cora 00:16:30 - Train Cora like you would a trusted chief of staff
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  we build workflows that compound with AI at Every 00:42:36 - The dream
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# How We Built Our AI Email Assistant: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cora

You don’t need to handle your inbox anymore. It’s Cora’s job now. Cora is the AI chief of staff we built for your email at Every. It’s been in private beta for the last 6 months and currently manages email for 2,500 beta users—and today we’re making it available for anyone to use. Start your free 7-day trial by going to: cora.computer. Cora is the $150K executive assistant that costs $15/month. Or $20/month if you want an Every subscription, too. This is what that actually means: Cora understands what’s important to you, screens your inbox, and only lets the most relevant emails through. The rest of your emails are summarized in a beautifully designed brief that’s sent to you twice a day. If it has enough context, Cora drafts replies for you in your voice. You can talk to Cora like you would your chief of staff—you can give it special instructions on how you want certain emails handled, ask it to summarize things, and even give you an opinion on complex decisions. In this episode of AI & I, I sat down with the team behind Cora—Brandon Gell, head of the product studio; Kieran Klaassen, Cora’s general manager; and Nityesh Agarwal, engineer at Cora—for a closer look at how it all came together. We talk about: The story of the first time Brandon, Kieran, and I used Cora, while sipping wine at the Every retreat in Nice. The evolution of Cora’s categorization system, from a 4-hour vibe-coded prototype to a multi-faceted product with thousands of happy users. The features on Cora’s roadmap we’re most excited about: a unified brief across different email accounts, an iOS app, and an even more powerful assistant. This is a must-watch if you’re curious about what it feels like to give Cora your inbox, and take back your life. Go to cora.computer to start your 7-day free trial now. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! FYI: You might notice some camera lag for Kieran mid-episode—thanks for bearing with us! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Sponsor: Experience high quality AI video generation with Google's most capable video model: Veo 3. Try it in the Gemini app at gemini.google with a Google AI Pro plan or get the highest access with the Ultra plan. Timestamps: 00:01:40 - Introduction 00:04:21 - Three ways Cora transforms your inbox (and your day) 00:05:09 - A live walkthrough of Cora’s features 00:12:13 - The inside story of the first time Kieran, Brandon, and Dan used Cora 00:16:30 - Train Cora like you would a trusted chief of staff 00:27:25 - The AI tools that blew our minds while building Cora 00:30:34 - How we build workflows that compound with AI at Every 00:42:36 - The dream features that we’d like to put on Cora’s roadmap

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