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  • The state of the founder inbox 2026

    2026-07-30

    The promise of 2026 was simple: AI would finally fix email. Smart replies, autonomous agents, an inbox that triages itself. And yet the founder's inbo...

  • How VCs run a 1,000-email inbox

    2026-07-30

    Nobody gets more cold email than a venture capitalist. A single partner fields somewhere between 50 and 200 inbound founder emails a week; at top-tier...

  • The founder communication operating system

    2026-07-30

    Most founders think they have an email problem. They actually have a communication-routing problem spread across a dozen channels — email, Slack, Team...

  • Yahoo Mail not receiving emails? How to fix it

    2026-07-30

    When Yahoo Mail stops receiving messages, it feels like your inbox went silent for no reason. In almost every case the cause is mundane: a full mailbo...

  • A brief history of email

    2026-07-20

    Email is older than the internet. It predates the World Wide Web by over two decades. And many of the frustrations people experience with email today ...

  • Best email app for Mac in 2026

    2026-07-20

    Mac users demand software that’s elegant, efficient, and perfectly at home in the Apple ecosystem. But most email apps for Mac either feel dated, bloa...

  • Best email app for iPhone and Android 2026

    2026-07-20

    Mobile is where most people actually read email now — yet the default experience on both iPhone and Android has barely changed in a decade. A new mess...

  • Yahoo Mail vs Gmail vs Outlook

    2026-07-20

    Three email services still dominate personal email search: Yahoo Mail, Gmail, and Outlook. The quick answer in 2026 is simple: Gmail is the safest def...

  • Out-of-office replies, done right

    2026-07-20

    Most out-of-office messages are either so vague they communicate nothing ("I am currently out of the office") or so detailed they read like a legal di...

  • Email attachment size limits 2026

    2026-07-20

    Every email provider has a different attachment size limit — and the number you see in their docs isn’t always the number that works in practice. Enco...

  • The startup operating cadence

    2026-07-20

    Before Series A, a startup runs on founder adrenaline. You see every deal, review every hire, and hold the whole roadmap in your head. After the round...

  • The founder AI productivity stack (2026)

    2026-07-20

    By Series A, your scarcest resource isn't capital — it's founder hours. The right AI stack buys back time; the wrong one adds a dozen subscriptions an...

  • Best email client for founders and CEOs 2026

    2026-07-13

    Founders do not have a normal inbox. In one morning you can get an investor reply, a customer escalation, a candidate offer acceptance, a bank alert, ...

  • How founders are managing email in 2026

    2026-07-13

    Most founders do not have an email problem. They have a decision routing problem that happens to arrive as email.Investors, customers, candidates, law...

  • Startup email setup: Domain and Google Workspace

    2026-07-13

    Investors notice when your company email is still awesome.founder92@gmail.com. Customers notice. Candidates notice. A custom domain does not make the ...

  • Unified view is live⚡️

    2026-07-13

    This one has been on the wishlist for a long time.Faraday's Unified view for multiple accounts is now live!One single inbox across all the Gmail, Goog...

  • Yahoo Mail in 2026: still worth it?

    2026-07-10

    Yahoo Mail has been around since 1997. It's outlasted services that seemed more modern, survived Yahoo's multiple near-collapses, and — perhaps most s...

  • Yahoo Mail storage full? How to free up space

    2026-07-10

    If Yahoo Mail suddenly stopped sending or receiving messages, you are probably not dealing with a random glitch. In 2025 Yahoo cut free mailbox storag...

  • How to write a resignation email?

    2026-07-05

    You've made the decision. Maybe it took months of deliberation, maybe it was sudden, but either way — you're leaving. Now comes the part nobody prepar...

  • How to create a professional email signature?

    2026-07-05

    You've spent an hour crafting the perfect email. The subject line is clear. The body is concise and persuasive. You hit send — and the recipient's las...

  • How to unsend an email?

    2026-07-05

    You hit send. And then — in the space of a single heartbeat — you see it. The typo in the subject line. The wrong attachment. The reply-all that shoul...

  • Gmail vs Outlook 2026

    2026-07-05

    Between them, Gmail and Outlook handle a significant majority of the world's email. If you're choosing one — or justifying why you're still on one — h...

  • Gmail filters and labels guide

    2026-07-05

    Gmail filters and labels can turn a chaotic inbox into something manageable. The fastest setup is: use labels for long-term organization, filters for ...

  • Gmail AI Inbox: the complete guide

    2026-07-05

    Gmail’s AI Inbox — powered by Gemini 3 — rolled out to all US users in early 2026. It’s the largest change to Gmail since category tabs launched in 20...

  • Best Notion Mail alternatives 2026

    2026-07-05

    Notion Mail is shutting down on September 22, 2026. If you’re one of the users who did open the inbox — and actually liked what you found there — you ...

  • Notion Mail is shutting down. Read their reason again.

    2026-06-30

    On June 25, 2026, Notion announced it is shutting down Notion Mail on September 22 — barely 14 months after making it publicly available. Their reason...

  • What is an agentic inbox?

    2026-06-25

    An agentic inbox is an email inbox where AI does more than help you write. It can read context, classify messages, summarize threads, search across hi...

  • Best AI email clients in 2026

    2026-06-25

    The best AI email client in 2026 depends on what you mean by “AI.” If you want smarter drafts, many tools can help. If you want the inbox itself to be...

  • Yahoo Mail Plus vs Gmail vs Outlook

    2026-06-25

    Yahoo Mail Plus can make Yahoo Mail less annoying, but it rarely makes Yahoo the best email choice. Pay for Yahoo Mail Plus if you already depend on a...

  • Best email client for Windows 2026

    2026-06-16

    Windows Mail is effectively gone — Microsoft replaced it with the new Outlook app in late 2024. Millions of Windows users are now shopping for an emai...

  • Best Thunderbird alternatives in 2026

    2026-06-16

    Mozilla Thunderbird has been the default free desktop email client for millions of users since 2003. Open-source, locally-stored, free — for those spe...

  • Best Mimestream alternatives for Mac (2026)

    2026-06-16

    Mimestream carved out a devoted following among Mac Gmail users by doing one thing exceptionally well: feeling native to macOS while talking directly ...

  • Shortwave pricing 2026: what you actually get

    2026-06-16

    Shortwave is an AI email client built by former Google Inbox engineers, exclusively for Gmail and Google Workspace. The pricing question in 2026 is no...

  • Best free email clients in 2026

    2026-06-16

    Free email clients have improved significantly — in 2026, the best zero-cost options are genuinely good for most personal use. Here's an honest overvi...

  • How to migrate from Yahoo Mail in 2026

    2026-06-16

    Yahoo Mail has been through significant changes in 2026 — interface overhauls, storage policy shifts, and ongoing questions about where the product is...

  • Faraday for Mac is here ✨

    2026-06-05

    Your wish has been our command.Faraday is now also a native Mac app!Not a wrapped browser tab, not an Electron shell, and certainly not another resour...

  • Is Superhuman worth $30 a month in 2026?

    2026-06-03

    Faraday is 60% cheaper than Superhuman. And by every measure that matters in 2026 — inbox intelligence, automatic organisation, privacy, follow-up tra...

  • Gmail AI Inbox vs real AI email clients

    2026-06-03

    In early 2026, Gmail's AI Inbox — built on Gemini 3 — expanded from select testers to all US users. For the first time, every Gmail account woke up to...

  • How to get AI email drafts that sound like you

    2026-06-03

    You asked your AI email assistant to draft a reply. What came back was technically correct, professionally worded, and sounded nothing like you. The o...

  • Email anxiety is getting worse in the AI era

    2026-06-03

    You check your email before you get out of bed. During meetings. On weekends. You got an AI assistant to help, and somehow the anxiety is still there ...

  • Cloudflare Agentic Inbox vs Faraday

    2026-05-25

    Cloudflare Agentic Inbox is one of the clearest signs that email is becoming a first-class surface for AI agents. It is an open-source, self-hosted em...

  • Best Yahoo Mail alternatives 2026

    2026-05-24

    Yahoo Mail has 225 million active users. Many of them are there by inertia — it was the first email they ever created, and switching felt like too muc...

  • Best Outlook alternatives 2026

    2026-05-24

    Outlook is the dominant email client in enterprise environments. It's also one of the most complained-about pieces of software in corporate history. T...

  • Apple Mail review 2026

    2026-05-24

    Apple Mail has been on every Mac since 2002. It's free, it's already installed, and for millions of people it's simply "the email app." But is it actu...

  • Recall email in Apple Mail

    2026-05-18

    You sent it. A second later, you spotted the typo, the wrong attachment, or the reply that was meant for someone else. The frantic question — can I re...

  • Best email app for iPhone 2026

    2026-05-16

    The stock Mail app on iPhone is fine. It's also the email equivalent of eating plain rice — functional, inoffensive, and considerably less interesting...

  • Best Spark Mail alternatives 2026

    2026-05-15

    Spark Mail has a lot going for it: a clean design, Smart Inbox sorting, snooze, and decent team features. But people leave Spark — or start looking — ...

  • Shortwave vs Faraday

    2026-05-15

    Both Shortwave and Faraday use AI. That's where the resemblance ends. Shortwave puts a chatbot on top of your Gmail. Faraday rebuilds the inbox itself...

  • Managing multiple email accounts

    2026-05-13

    One for work. One personal. One for the side project. Maybe an old one that still receives important emails. An Outlook account from the company that ...

  • Interview thank-you emails

    2026-05-13

    The interview ended well. Now comes the part candidates skip — or botch with a generic "thanks for your time" paragraph that adds zero signal.A strong...

  • How to forward your email

    2026-05-12

    Forwarding sounds trivial until you're staring at DNS records, worried about loops, or discovering your forwarded newsletters are hitting spam. Whethe...

  • How to spot phishing emails

    2026-05-10

    Phishing is the original sin of email security — and it's still working because it's cheap to send and expensive to defend against human reflex. One c...

  • Fyxer discounts explained

    2026-05-09

    Search intent doesn't lie: thousands of people look for Fyxer discount, Fyxer coupon code, and Fyxer promo every month. AI email assistants are becomi...

  • Superhuman discounts explained

    2026-05-08

    If you've typed Superhuman coupon code, Superhuman discount, or Superhuman promo into Google, you're not alone. Premium email tools are expensive — it...

  • CC vs BCC explained

    2026-05-07

    Email has four audience modes hiding in plain sight: To, Cc, Bcc, and Reply All. Misusing them causes confusion at best — privacy leaks and reputation...

  • Subject lines that work

    2026-05-06

    Most recipients decide whether to open your email from the subject line alone. On mobile, it's often the only thing visible. Get it wrong — vague, mis...

  • Recover deleted emails

    2026-05-05

    That sinking feeling — you tapped delete, meant archive, or bulk-cleaned and nuked something important. Before you panic: most deleted emails are reco...

  • How to schedule an email

    2026-05-04

    There's a difference between writing an email at midnight and sending it at midnight. One signals urgency or poor boundaries. The other is evidence yo...

  • You spend 4 hours a day on email

    2026-05-03

    Let's do the math.The average professional receives 120-150 emails per day. Not all require responses — but all require decisions. Read or skip? Reply...

  • How to find someone's email address

    2026-05-02

    You need to reach someone. You know their name. You know their company. But you don't have their email address — and the company website doesn't list ...

  • Email search operators cheat sheet

    2026-05-02

    You know the email exists. You remember the conversation. You're 90% sure it had an attachment. But searching "project proposal" returns 847 results a...

  • How to end an email

    2026-05-01

    You've written the perfect email. Clear subject line. Concise body. The right tone. And then you get to the end and freeze: how do I sign off?It sound...

  • Email etiquette: the rules no one teaches you

    2026-04-28

    Nobody takes an email etiquette class. There's no certification, no training module, no onboarding session that covers it. And yet — everyone judges y...

  • How to clean up your inbox?

    2026-04-28

    You open your inbox and there it is: 14,382 unread emails. Or maybe it's 3,000. Or 47,000. The number doesn't matter — what matters is the feeling. Th...

  • How to write professional emails that get responses?

    2026-04-25

    You write the email. You proofread it. You hit send. And then... nothing. No reply. No acknowledgment. Just silence.It's not personal. The person on t...

  • How to write a follow-up email?

    2026-04-24

    You sent the email. It's been three days. No response. Now you're stuck in the awkward space between patience and panic: do you follow up and risk see...

  • Why founders drown in email

    2026-04-23

    Ask any founder what they spend their day on and you'll hear: product, customers, hiring, fundraising. Ask what actually fills their calendar and inbo...

  • Data privacy in 2026

    2026-04-22

    You are the product. It's the most repeated phrase in tech — and in 2026, it's more true than ever. Every app you use, every website you visit, every ...

  • How to write a cold email that gets replies?

    2026-04-21

    Most cold emails get deleted within two seconds. Not because the recipient is rude, but because the email gives them no reason to care. It's generic. ...

  • How to manage email on your phone?

    2026-04-20

    You check your phone. Three new emails. You open the first one — it needs a detailed response, but typing it on your phone feels painful. You star it ...

  • Why your emails land in spam

    2026-04-19

    You sent an important email. The recipient never replied. You assumed they were busy, or uninterested, or rude. But there's another possibility you pr...

  • The best AI tools for productivity in 2026

    2026-04-18

    AI tools went from novelty to necessity in record time. In 2024, they were interesting experiments. In 2025, early adopters built real workflows aroun...

  • How to unsubscribe from emails?

    2026-04-16

    At some point, you signed up. Or maybe you didn't — maybe you bought something online, or created an account, or downloaded a PDF, and the checkbox wa...

  • Faraday vs Gmail

    2026-04-15

    Gmail is the world's most popular email client. Over 1.8 billion users. Free. Reliable. Deeply integrated with Google's ecosystem. So why would anyone...

  • How to organize a cluttered inbox?

    2026-04-14

    You open your inbox. 47 unread. A mix of meeting invites, newsletters you forgot you subscribed to, a shipping notification from three days ago, two u...

  • The new wave of email clients, compared

    2026-04-14

    You know Gmail, Outlook, Superhuman, and Apple Mail. They've been the default choices for years — and we've compared them already. But a new wave of e...

  • Best email clients in 2026

    2026-04-12

    Email clients haven't changed much in two decades. Most of them, anyway. But 2026 is the year that's finally different — AI has matured enough to genu...

  • Faraday vs Outlook

    2026-04-10

    Outlook is the default. For over a billion professionals worldwide, it's not even a choice — it's what IT set up on day one. And for what it is, Outlo...

  • How to stop spam emails?

    2026-04-10

    You didn't sign up for this. Somewhere between creating an online account five years ago and clicking "I agree" on a website you've since forgotten, y...

  • Email anxiety is real. Here's how to fix it.

    2026-04-09

    That slight tension when you see the unread count climbing. The compulsive checking — on the train, during dinner, at 11pm. The low-grade dread that s...

  • What is AI email, really?

    2026-04-08

    "AI email" has become a buzzword. Every email client now claims to be "AI-powered." But what does that actually mean — and how much of it is genuine i...

  • The best email client for freelancers

    2026-04-06

    Freelancers and consultants have a unique relationship with email. It's simultaneously their primary sales channel, project management tool, client co...

  • Email encryption, explained.

    2026-04-05

    Your inbox contains your bank statements, medical records, legal agreements, tax documents, passwords, booking confirmations, and thousands of private...

  • How to approve Faraday for your Google Workspace org

    2026-04-05

    When your employees try to connect Faraday to their work Gmail, they may hit an "unverified app" warning or an access block depending on your Workspac...

  • How to approve Faraday for your Office 365 org

    2026-04-05

    When your employees try to connect Faraday to their work Outlook account, they may hit a "need admin approval" screen if your Microsoft 365 tenant res...

  • Email isn't dead. It never will be

    2026-04-04

    Every few years, a new technology arrives and the obituaries start. "Email is dead." Slack will replace it. Teams will replace it. Discord. WhatsApp. ...

  • Inbox zero is a myth.

    2026-04-03

    Inbox zero. The holy grail of email productivity. Get every single message out of your inbox — archived, responded to, deleted, or filed — until that ...

  • Email vs Slack vs Teams

    2026-04-02

    "Just Slack me." "Send me a Teams message." "Email me." Three different requests, three different tools — and increasingly, nobody's sure which to use...

  • Faraday v1.3.4 is now live

    2026-03-11

    Faraday v1.3.4 is here, bringing a fresh wave of productivity software updates designed to make inbox management faster, smarter, and more customizabl...

  • Faraday is now open to all

    2026-03-09

    Getting started with Faraday just got a whole lot easier. Now, anyone can sign up, subscribe, and start experiencing Faraday in seconds. Whether you’r...

  • Our proprietary technologies

    2026-02-28

    When we set out to build Faraday, we didn’t start with a list of features or a blueprint borrowed from legacy email clients. We started with a questio...

  • Faraday now supports Outlook

    2026-01-28

    Faraday has just launched one of its most anticipated updates yet: full Outlook email support. With this release, Faraday cements its position as a le...

  • Faraday vs Notion mail

    2026-01-19

    Note (June 2026): Notion Mail is shutting down on September 22, 2026. If you are looking for where to go next, read our piece on why Notion Mail is cl...

  • Faraday vs HEY email

    2026-01-18

    Choosing the right email client is critical for your productivity. Of all the available options, Faraday and HEY are frequently compared by profession...

  • Faraday v1.3.0 is now live

    2026-01-18

    Faraday v1.3.0 is now live, bringing a powerful set of upgrades that raise the bar for what a modern email client can deliver. If you’re searching for...

  • Productivity in email

    2026-01-17

    Email is the backbone of business communication, but for most professionals, it’s also the source of daily overwhelm. The average knowledge worker spe...

  • Why are email threads confusing?

    2026-01-06

    Have you ever tried to follow an email conversation, only to end up wading through endless indented blockquotes, repeated content, and a confusing jum...

  • Why email really feels fatiguing

    2026-01-05

    Many people find email overwhelming, even if their inbox isn’t overflowing with unread messages. The source of this email overwhelm is often not the q...

  • Faraday vs Fyxer

    2025-12-22

    Fyxer is a small AI layer on top of your inbox. Faraday is the inbox itself, rebuilt with intelligence at its core.That's the fundamental difference. ...

  • Ghosts of email past.

    2025-12-21

    Why does email play a memory game for each reply, each time?!Letters didn't have the concept of threads. Mail received each day in a mailroom would go...

  • We were foolish to create an intelligent inbox.

    2025-12-20

    We were not the only ones to have noticed the countless issues gripping email.We were certainly not the only ones to have been deeply bothered by them...

  • Email is ancieeeeent.

    2025-12-19

    Email didn't need more keyboard shortcuts or a mere compose-with-AI.Definitely not more of manual labelling, or repeated-prompting-to-find-an-attachme...

  • Is Faraday secure?

    2025-12-15

    Email contains some of the most sensitive data in anyone's digital life — financial documents, personal conversations, verification codes, legal corre...

  • Faraday vs Spark

    2025-12-14

    Email clients have been patching a broken system for decades. Spark is one of them. Faraday is not.The difference isn't incremental — it's fundamental...

  • Faraday vs Superhuman

    2025-12-13

    Superhuman made email faster. Faraday made it intelligent.That's not marketing speak — it's a fundamental architectural difference. Superhuman optimiz...

  • Not just compose-assist please.

    2025-12-12

    The AI email market is expected to be worth $4.5 billion by 2027, but almost nobody is solving the problem that actually matters.Employing AI to proce...

  • Faraday v1.2.3 is here

    2025-12-11

    Faraday v1.2.3 is here, bringing a new wave of productivity features and performance upgrades that set a new standard for modern email clients. If you...

  • What came first?

    2025-12-02

    A classic chicken-and-egg🐣. All around us.Does user behaviour design the product? Or does product development determine user behaviour?E-commerce, ri...

  • Aren't we already tired of prompting?

    2025-11-30

    "Hey AI, please find me an AI that doesn't need me to ask for everything."This will soon become necessary.The first global revelation of AI for consum...