Prio is an AI chief of staff (Executive Assistant) for founders. One chat to manage your inbox, calendar, tasks, and contacts across Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, and Drive. Every action; emails, meetings, follow-ups are going through an approval queue. nothing executes without your OK. Over time, Prio learns from your approvals and starts automating routine actions automatically. High-stakes decisions always stay in your hands. EU hosted, GDPR native.
Hey everyone, I'm Fred. 51, solo founder, bootstrapped, building from the Netherlands.
Prio is an AI chief of staff for founders. One chat to manage your inbox, calendar, tasks, contacts, and follow-ups across Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Drive, and LinkedIn.
The core idea: nothing executes without your approval. The AI drafts emails, schedules meetings, triages your inbox, processes invoices. But every action goes through an approval queue first. You review, edit if needed, approve.
Here's where it gets interesting. Every approval and every rejection is a training signal. Over time, Prio learns which actions you always approve without edits and starts automating those. Routine stuff gets handled. High-stakes decisions stay in your hands. You're not giving up control, you're teaching the system how you work.
I built this because I wanted an assistant that earns trust instead of assuming it. EU hosted, GDPR native, because European founders deserve tools built for them, not bolted on as an afterthought.
Would love your feedback. Happy to answer anything about the Vercel tech;
Next.js
AI SDK
Workflow SDK
Chat SDK
Streamdown AI
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Rad job @fredvanrijswijk, love the fact that LinkedIn inbox is also connected. Follow-ups and replies are so easy to miss. Does it somehow identify unimportant emails and screen through them?
Thanks@sayanta_ghosh Yes, Prio scans email metadata and filters out the obvious noise (newsletters, notifications, automated reminders) so your inbox view shows only what actually needs you. LinkedIn was a must-have for me personally, too many good conversations die in that inbox.
@busmark_w_nika Great questions, Yes, Prio reads email content to do its job (summarize threads, draft replies, surface follow-ups you'd otherwise miss). It can't filter noise or find what needs you without that.
On safety: emails aren't used to train any AI models, access is scoped via Google/Microsoft OAuth (you can revoke anytime), and data stays encrypted. You're in control of which accounts are connected and can disconnect in one click.
Hi @fredvanrijswijk, I tried Prio for a little while. In theory, this is the best AI assistant possible (for me, at least), but I've found some minor issues, that, together make Prio unusable for me at this time: - You are not a certified google developer - Limited range of languages supported - Limited range of timezones supported (I'm in Brazil, and work for companies in Brazil, US, Germany, China and South Africa)
I'll follow Prio development closely (as an user), and I'll to get back as soon as development evolves.
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Considered handling communication via SMS/iMessage and Voice calls too?
Looks great! I’m actually going to try this, seriously what really caught me is that it’s realistic. Not just "jumping straight" into full automation where I constantly have to fix things manually, but instead starting with a learning phase first and only then gradually taking actions automatically.
Prio
Rad job @fredvanrijswijk, love the fact that LinkedIn inbox is also connected. Follow-ups and replies are so easy to miss. Does it somehow identify unimportant emails and screen through them?
Prio
Thanks@sayanta_ghosh Yes, Prio scans email metadata and filters out the obvious noise (newsletters, notifications, automated reminders) so your inbox view shows only what actually needs you. LinkedIn was a must-have for me personally, too many good conversations die in that inbox.
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Does it read emails? + Is it safe in terms of reading that written email communication?
Prio
@busmark_w_nika Great questions,
Yes, Prio reads email content to do its job (summarize threads, draft replies, surface follow-ups you'd otherwise miss). It can't filter noise or find what needs you without that.
On safety: emails aren't used to train any AI models, access is scoped via Google/Microsoft OAuth (you can revoke anytime), and data stays encrypted. You're in control of which accounts are connected and can disconnect in one click.
Happy to go deeper on any of it.
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@fredvanrijswijk That's enough :) TY for clarifying! :)
Hi @fredvanrijswijk, I tried Prio for a little while. In theory, this is the best AI assistant possible (for me, at least), but I've found some minor issues, that, together make Prio unusable for me at this time:
- You are not a certified google developer
- Limited range of languages supported
- Limited range of timezones supported
(I'm in Brazil, and work for companies in Brazil, US, Germany, China and South Africa)
I'll follow Prio development closely (as an user), and I'll to get back as soon as development evolves.
Considered handling communication via SMS/iMessage and Voice calls too?
Athena
Looks great! I’m actually going to try this, seriously what really caught me is that it’s realistic. Not just "jumping straight" into full automation where I constantly have to fix things manually, but instead starting with a learning phase first and only then gradually taking actions automatically.