Alternatives to FocusBuddy (YC S24)

Routine for Android: a local-first AI workspace for tasks, calendar, notes and custom databases, now at desktop parity.

RecallVerse is an AI contact memory app that lets you find anyone in your network by describing how you met.

Lindy is an AI employee that runs multi-step workflows across 3,000+ integrations and reports finished work back in Slack.

Slack channel-based team messaging with Slackbot AI agents that research, automate workflows, and hand off to agents

Copilot for Microsoft 365 puts a tenant-grounded AI assistant inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.

Attrove AI watches commitments made in email, chat, and meetings and alerts an owner when the work goes quiet.

Town is a personal AI work assistant that learns your inbox, calendar and docs, then runs routines for you.

Dex is an AI workspace with operational memory across Gmail, Slack, and CRM that runs agents and completes work in your browser.

Zoom Workplace is an AI-first work platform that turns meetings into notes, docs, and next steps.

Dume.ai is an AI executive assistant that triages your inbox, runs scheduled routines and takes calls on WhatsApp, phone and desktop.

Ambient pools your team's meetings, chats, and emails into one shared context layer your AI assistants can read.

Floatboat is a calendar-driven AI agent OS that preps briefs, drafts, and follow-ups before you sit down.

Bond is an AI chief of staff that mines Slack, email and calendar into one prioritized P0–P3 to-do list

On-device AI memory that lets you chat with everything you've seen on your Mac or PC — no cloud copy.

CC Carly on an email and an AI agent handles scheduling, inbox triage, outreach, and CRM updates for you.

FYI.AI is a customizable AI agent for creatives — it joins your messages, hosts your calls and radio, and keeps your data encrypted and portable.

Rowboat is a self-hosted AI coworker that keeps your work context local and shares it through team Spaces.

Flot.ai puts an AI writing and reading copilot in a floating sidebar over any macOS or Windows app — plus an AI Memory that recalls what

Coda (now Superhuman Docs) is a collaborative workspace where docs behave like apps — tables, formulas, and AI built in.

PopTask turns messy typed or spoken tasks into scheduled reminders on Mac, iPhone and iPad with on-device parsing under 500ms.

Side Copilot puts a vertical tab sidebar and an AI agent in your browser's side panel, so you can organize, chat with, and automate the tabs you already have

Lutra AI is a productivity agent that automates your work apps by writing and executing real code, not just chatting.

Littlebird is an AI work assistant that builds memory from your screen and meetings, then drafts notes, replies and routines.

NOX (formerly RPLY) unifies 10 chat apps on macOS and drafts replies in your own voice.

Adapt is a company agent for Slack that pulls live data and completes work across your team's tools.

Pally is the AI personal assistant you text — it remembers, books, chases, and calls so you don't have to.

Voice-driven desktop AI agent that clicks and types inside your browser, files, and apps

SkillCopilotAI is a real-time interview copilot that writes resume-tailored answer outlines into an invisible desktop overlay.

Multiplayer AI coworker bots that run shared dashboards, docs, sheets, decks and boards for your team.

OpenLoomi is an open-source, local-first AI coworker whose desktop attention agent turns your screens and connected apps into lasting work memory.