Slashy: AI That Connects to Apps and Does Tasks
- Slashy.ai, a new AI agent designed to automate tasks across various applications, has officially launched with a free tier offering 100 daily credits.
- The founders cite personal experience with a previous startup, where they spent excessive time on administrative tasks - including an average of four hours daily in Gmail -...
- Slashy.ai functions as a general agent capable of connecting to applications, reading data, and performing actions through custom tools, semantic search, and personalized memory.
Slashy.ai Launches AI Agent with Free Tier,Targeting Productivity Bottlenecks
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Published September 4,2024,at 4:39 PM PDT
Slashy.ai, a new AI agent designed to automate tasks across various applications, has officially launched with a free tier offering 100 daily credits. The company,founded by Pranjali,Dhruv,and Harsha,aims to alleviate the “busywork” that consumes meaningful time for professionals,notably in areas like data scraping,report updating,and cross-platform interaction.
The founders cite personal experience with a previous startup, where they spent excessive time on administrative tasks - including an average of four hours daily in Gmail – as the impetus for creating Slashy. They previously worked on a code generation agent similar to Lovable, but pivoted to focus on solving the broader problem of request-based busywork.
How Slashy.ai Works
Slashy.ai functions as a general agent capable of connecting to applications, reading data, and performing actions through custom tools, semantic search, and personalized memory. The platform utilizes direct tool calls to services like Gmail, LinkedIn, and Slack, enabling automation of tasks that previously required manual effort. A demo video showcases the agent’s capabilities.
Examples of workflows highlighted by Slashy.ai include:
- Performing competitive analysis and creating financial projections.
- Conducting a full nvidia Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis.
Pricing and Availability
Slashy.ai offers a free tier with 100 daily credits. New accounts receive an additional 500 credits. A special discount code, “HACKERNEWS,” is available for users of Hacker News. Detailed pricing data beyond the free tier is not currently publicly available on the website.
The productivity Problem and the Rise of AI Agents
The launch of Slashy.ai reflects a growing trend towards AI-powered automation of workplace tasks. Studies consistently demonstrate that knowledge workers spend a significant portion of their time on repetitive, administrative duties. According to a 2023 report by McKinsey,employees spend approximately 20% of their workweek on tasks that could be automated with existing technology. AI agents like Slashy.ai aim to reclaim this lost productivity.
Competitive Landscape
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