We've been working super hard to bring Superhuman to every platform. We started with Gmail, on the web. We then added macOS, followed by iOS. Last year we launched Outlook, and earlier this year we launched Windows. Today, we are launching Superhuman for Android.
We've now built an email client from scratch several times over, with an emphasis on performance each time. Many mistakes made and lessons learned along the way. AMA!
I can attest that the "infinite slog" thing is at least partially true :P
This is why, incidentally, that in productivity you need to raise surprising amounts of money. (Or grow revenue super fast, if you can. But then you'll raise a surprising amount of money anyway.)
Superhuman | Frontend Engineer, Product Manager, Lead Designer | Early stage | Fulltime | Onsite | San Francisco | $125-170k + equity
• Product: The fastest email experience in the world for web & mobile. Beautiful, powerful, programmable – vim for email.
• Why: 1 billion people spend 3+ hours a day on email. They deserve superpowers that augment their productivity.
• Vision: Build a global brand that helps people be the best version of themselves.
• Traction: 135k+ on our waitlist. Beloved by users (https://superhuman.com/love). Most wanted product on Product Hunt.
• $18M+ Funding: First Round Capital, Sam Altman @ YC, and the Founders/CEOS of Stripe, GitHub, Reddit, Gmail, Intercom, AngelList, Dribbble
• Web Stack: Javascript, React.js, Go
• Values: Create Delight + Be Brilliant + Be Swift
==25 Person Team==
Founders of Rapportive (YC'10, acq by LinkedIn) and LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP, $3B company). Team comes from Apple, Facebook, Flipboard, Google, LinkedIn, Meraki, MyFitnessPal, and Zynga.
==Interview==
Phone call / coffee [1 hour] >> Onsite with the team [half day]
Since Jason gets a lot of flak (not that he cares):
Jason was one of the first and most helpful investors in Rapportive (YCS10, acq LinkedIn). He believed in us when there was no obvious reason to.
Jason was one of the first investors I went back to for Superhuman. (He negotiated hard, but then so do I — that's just part of each side getting what they want.)
I'd work with Jason again in a heartbeat for my next company.
Wait until you see the product -- it's AWESOME. I've been using it for two weeks and I'm addicted. I think this will be 100x bigger than Rapportive! excited for it!
Superhuman | San Francisco | Lead Designer (Founding Team - Employee #3)
==Superhuman==
• We're rebuilding the email experience. Lightning-fast, beautiful, and highly programmable — with a collection of superpowers that make you brilliant at what you do.
• Why? 900M people spend 1/3 of their day reading and writing email; they deserve awesome, beautiful tools.
• We just raised $3M+ seed round from all-star investors last month.
==Role==
• Define and own the visual language at Superhuman. Delight and empower millions of people.
==Team==
• I previously founded Rapportive (YC'10, acquired by LinkedIn)
• My co-founder/CTO Conrad was VP Eng at Bugsnag, built pry (used by 25% of ruby developers)
• My co-founder Vivek founded Rapleaf/LiveRamp (acquired for $310M)
We've now built an email client from scratch several times over, with an emphasis on performance each time. Many mistakes made and lessons learned along the way. AMA!