Read AI launches Ada: email AI assistant

Read AI launches Ada: an email-based AI assistant

Read AI on Thursday introduced Ada, an AI-powered email assistant that helps users manage schedules, answer questions from a company knowledge base, and reply to out-of-office emails. The company describes Ada as a "digital twin" that can handle routine tasks around the clock.

Ada acts like a trained team member—available by email and, soon, on Slack and Teams—to streamline meeting and follow-up work.

How to start using Ada

Read AI says Ada will be available to all users. To configure the assistant, send an email to "[email protected]" with the subject or body text "Get me started." Once set up, Ada integrates with your Read AI calendar access to propose meeting times and help manage replies.

Scheduling and calendar handling

When you ask Ada to find a time to meet, it replies in the thread to propose your availability. If the other person requests different times, Ada offers alternative slots. Although Ada reads calendar entries through Read AI, it will not disclose meeting details to third parties—only availability windows are shared.

Knowledge, context and answers

Ada can answer questions using multiple sources:

• a company's internal knowledge base
• topics discussed in your prior meetings
• public web searches

For example, you can email Ada: "Ada, can you provide an update on how we are tracking for Q1 goals?" and receive a contextual summary based on meeting notes and connected data sources.

Drafting and refining replies

If someone else asks a question in a thread, Ada prepares a suggested reply and helps you refine it before you send. Read AI says Ada will not disclose sensitive information without your permission and will prompt you before sharing any restricted details.

Underlying technology and future actions

Justin Farris, Read AI's VP of Product, explains Ada does not use MCPs (Model Context Protocols). Instead, the assistant builds a knowledge graph from meeting data and connected services to give more contextual answers. Over time, Ada will take more proactive actions—such as prompting you to schedule a follow-up when you mention action items during a meeting.

CEO perspective and adoption

CEO David Shim compared adding Ada to training a new employee: the assistant becomes more capable as you connect more services and give it more context. Read AI is rolling Ada out via email initially and plans Slack and Teams integrations soon.

Company growth and market reach

At Web Summit Qatar, Shim told TechCrunch the company has over 5 million monthly active users and aims to reach 10 million. Read AI reports about 50,000 daily sign-ups and a larger group of roughly 100,000 users who consume Read AI content—like meeting summaries—without registering.

The U.S. remains the largest market for Read AI, but international users account for 60% of the user base. Revenue is roughly split evenly between domestic and international sources.

Product roadmap and related tools

Read AI has raised more than $81 million and continues adding AI features. Recent launches include Search Copilot for knowledge discovery, automatic updates to customer relationship systems, sending custom emails from meeting reports, and staying current on topics using internal and web knowledge.

Other meeting-notetaker startups are adding similar capabilities. For example:

• Granola introduced "recipes"—repeatable prompts that extract knowledge from meeting data.
• Quill, which recently raised $6.5 million, connects to tools like Linear, Notion, and CRMs to automate tasks.

Why this matters

Ada and similar assistants reduce manual work around scheduling, follow-ups, and knowledge retrieval. For teams that rely heavily on meetings, such tools can save time and help ensure action items don't fall through the cracks.

Author and contact

The original report was published by TechCrunch contributor Ivan Mehta, who covers global consumer tech. He is based in India and has written for publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web. You can contact him at [email protected] or via Signal at ivan.42.

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