How we built the first truly intelligent email client and why it's a game-changer for productivity.
Email is broken. Everyone knows it.
Let's be honest: professional email hasn't evolved in 20 years.
Gmail added tabs. Outlook integrated Copilot. Superhuman made the interface faster. But at its core, we're still using the same paradigm as 2004: a list of emails you have to process one by one, manually.
The numbers speak for themselves:
2.5 hours per day spent on email on average
121 daily emails for a typical executive
23 minutes to refocus after each interruption
62% of professionals stressed by their inbox
The email protocol dates back to 1971. We've sent humans to space since then, but we still manage our emails like it's 50 years ago.
The real question: why has nobody solved this?
Because today's "solutions" merely optimize a fundamentally inefficient system.
Gmail? It's free, so you're the product. AI is a plugin, not the core of the system.
Outlook + Copilot? An assistant grafted onto a 90s-era architecture.
Superhuman? Excellent for speed... but you're still doing everything manually. At $30/month for a single mailbox.
The real problem isn't speed. It's intelligent automation.
A salesperson receiving 80 emails a day shouldn't have to manually reply to 15 identical pricing requests. An agency managing 30 clients shouldn't be juggling between 30 Gmail tabs.
Maylee: email built around AI
That's the problem we set out to solve when we created Maylee, the first email client where AI isn't a plugin it's the core of the system.
The founding idea
What if your email client could:
Understand your emails before you do
Learn how you respond
Act on your behalf when it makes sense
Not a chatbot. Not an assistant waiting for orders. A system that works while you sleep.
The 4 pillars of Maylee
1. Smart organization: AI Labels
Forget complex filtering rules. With Maylee, you describe what you need in plain language:
Set as "Pricing request" if "the person is asking for a rate or a quote"
Set as "Interested" if "the person confirms interest or requests a meeting"
Set as "Urgent" if "the message mentions a deadline or urgency"
The AI reads every incoming email and applies labels automatically. No more manual sorting. No more important emails slipping through the cracks.
Combined with custom views and the "Waiting for Reply" tracker, you finally have an inbox under control.
2. Magic Reply: Responses that sound like you
This is the feature that changes everything.
Maylee analyzes your last 20 replies by email type. When you receive a pricing request, the AI doesn't generate a generic response, it generates a response based on how YOU reply to pricing requests.
The difference from ChatGPT or Copilot?
Each suggestion displays a confidence score from 0 to 100%. You know instantly whether you can send it as-is or if it needs a quick review.
3. Auto-Draft & Auto-Reply: Controlled automation
This is where it gets powerful.
Auto-Draft: Maylee generates drafts overnight. You wake up with responses ready to send.
Auto-Reply: For responses with a high confidence score (that you set 85%, 90%...), Maylee sends automatically. You just get a notification.
You stay in full control:
Customizable confidence threshold
Activation by label (auto-reply on "Pricing request" but not on "Complaint")
Notification for every automated action
Real-world result: a user with 50 emails/day saves 1.5 hours daily.
4. Multi-inbox: The unified hub
This is the use case nobody addresses seriously.
Freelancer with 5 email addresses? Agency with 30 clients? Startup with multiple brands? Emelia user with 50+ cold email inboxes?
IMAP, Gmail, Outlook connection in one click
Cross-inbox views ("All my clients", "All urgent")
Unified labels across all accounts
Near real-time sync
Superhuman handles one premium inbox. Maylee handles ALL your inboxes intelligently.
The built-in writing assistant
Beyond automation, Maylee packs a full toolkit for faster writing:
Prompt to Reply: "Politely decline and suggest next week"
Translation: One click to translate into any language
Proofreading: Instant grammar and spelling correction
Shorten / Expand: Adjust length without rewriting
Formal / Casual tone: Adapt the style in one click
Voice dictation: Speak, Maylee structures
Each tool uses the right AI model for the job (lightweight for translation, powerful for drafting), optimizing cost and performance.
Automations & Integrations
Your inbox doesn't live in a silo. Maylee connects to your stack:
Webhooks: Trigger actions when an email matches a label. "Pricing request" → create a deal in your CRM.
Auto-Forward: Route automatically. Invoices → accounting. Support → technical team.
Integrations: Zapier, Make, HubSpot, Slack... Maylee fits into your existing workflows.
MCP (Model Context Protocol): Control Maylee from Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant. "Send an email to Marc to confirm tomorrow's meeting."
Privacy first
In a world where Gmail scans your emails for ads, Maylee takes the opposite approach:
Your emails are never used to train AI models
GDPR compliant: Data hosted in Europe
Bring Your Own API Key: Use your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Gemini, or Grok key
Encryption: Your data stays your data
The BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) option enables total privacy: your emails go directly to the AI provider of your choice, without passing through our servers for processing.
Eco Mode: Responsible email
A detail that matters: Maylee offers an Eco Mode that automatically deletes sent emails after the recipient has received them.
Why? Because billions of emails stored unnecessarily in data centers have a real environmental impact. A lighter inbox means a smaller carbon footprint.
It's optional, configurable, with exceptions (important emails, attachments...). But for those who care, it's there.
Who is Maylee for?
The best AI email client isn't for everyone. It's designed for:
Overwhelmed professionals: Consultants, lawyers, salespeople who live in their inbox and want their time back.
Agencies: Marketing, PR, recruiting... any organization managing multiple clients and mailboxes.
Startups: Lean teams that want to automate without hiring.
Power users: Those who've tried every email client and never found the right fit.
Emelia users: Our cold email platform integrates natively with Maylee for a unified experience.
Transparent pricing
No freemium with frustrating limitations. No surprises.
AI runs on your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.), so no hidden costs tied to usage.
Why we built Maylee
At Bridgers, we build SaaS products that solve real problems.
Emelia, our cold email platform, reached €1M+ ARR with a team of 4 people. Working daily with hundreds of mailboxes, we experienced firsthand the pain of fragmented, manual, time-consuming email.
Early access
Request access at maylee.app
Early sign-ups will get preferential terms and personalized onboarding support.
In a nutshell
Email doesn't have to be a chore. It can become a tool that works for you.
