Best Productivity Startups

Orlo scans your documents, extracts what matters, and reminds you before deadlines. Insurance renewals, invoice payments, booking dates. Never miss what's important.

Frictionless planning poker for agile teams. No accounts, no ads, no data tracking. Start a session in seconds with a minimalist UI that strips away the friction found in most estimation tools.

Website used to test if emails are being delivered.

The Ten is a private dinner for founders, builders, and creatives who are right in the middle of building something real. Every quarter in Halifax, we bring ten people together around one table, with eight founders and two special guests, for an evening of support, fresh ideas, and proper conversation.

AI project manager that connects to Slack, GitHub, and Linear. Builds a real-time knowledge base you can query and runs automations in the background 24/7 without chasing status updates.

GetWello brings the small daily reassurance everyone needs into one quiet place. One tap to say I'm well. A shared calendar to plan visits together. A gentle nudge if a day goes quiet.

A voice assistant activated by the function key for email replies, document creation, and web searches. Press a key, speak your request, and it handles the rest.

A voice OS for dictation, AI assistance, and app control. Speak naturally to write, search, and control your Mac without touching the keyboard.

A desktop automation agent for macOS using AI. Automate repetitive tasks by showing OpenOwl what to do once, then let it handle the rest on its own.

AI autocomplete for any Mac application via the Tab key. Start typing anywhere on your Mac and Caret suggests completions powered by AI, just press Tab to accept.

Adds authentic mechanical keyboard sounds to MacBook typing with spatial audio. Choose from cherry reds, blues, topres, and more to make your flat keyboard feel alive.

A voice AI app for meetings that makes you sound crystal clear. Removes background noise, converts accents for clearer communication, and takes meeting notes automatically.

An AI meeting notes tool with a bot-free option that integrates with ChatGPT and Claude. Records, transcribes, and summarises your meetings so you can focus on the conversation.

A multi-interface download engine that combines Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and 5G connections for faster downloads. Aggregates all your network connections into one powerful pipe.

Curate an AI that knows what you know. Save articles, highlights, and notes into Recall and it builds a personal knowledge base that answers your questions using your own saved content.

Analyses workplace data to identify automated workflows and hidden team structures. See how your organisation actually works, not just how the org chart says it should.

A tiny focus app that interrupts you the moment you drift. Unlike Pomodoro timers that run on a schedule, Faahh detects when you have actually lost focus and brings you back.

Voice-activated workflow automation across Mac and Windows. Control your entire computer with voice commands, chain actions together, and automate repetitive workflows by speaking.

A minimalist journal app where entries fade naturally over time. Write freely knowing your thoughts will gradually disappear, encouraging honest reflection without permanent records.

A platform for organising human and AI agent teams with real-time collaboration and visibility. See what every team member and AI agent is working on in one unified dashboard.

An AI secretary that manages your emails and calendar scheduling with autonomous decision-making. Stamp reads your emails, drafts replies, and books meetings on your behalf.

A lightweight macOS menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks. Hit a shortcut, type your task, and get back to work. No bloated project management tools needed.

An AI app that turns your goal into one daily action. Tell it what you want to achieve and it breaks it down into manageable daily steps with accountability built in.

A pixel pet companion that lives in your macOS menu bar with a built-in Pomodoro timer. Stay productive and keep your digital pet happy at the same time.

A browser extension that supercharges every textbox with AI-powered writing assistance. Get suggestions, rewrites, and translations wherever you type on the web.

An AI-powered voice roleplay tool for practising difficult workplace conversations. Rehearse giving feedback, negotiating raises, or handling conflict before the real thing.

Creates visual step-by-step technology guides for family members. Help your parents use their phone, set up streaming, or fix WiFi with guides they can actually follow.

A browser built for automating real workflows. Record what you do in the browser and Aera turns it into a repeatable automation that runs on its own.

Interrupt scrolling, tab overload, and AI autopilot. Pause helps you break the cycle of compulsive digital behaviour with gentle interventions that bring you back to intentional use.

Practise tough phone calls with AI before you make them. Rehearse calling your bank, negotiating a bill, or making a complaint until you feel confident about the real thing.

Your notes become AI memory, local-only with no subscription. Write notes and Novi turns them into a searchable, queryable knowledge base that runs entirely on your device.

A fast, lightweight note-taking application with real-time collaboration. No bloat, no subscriptions. Just fast notes that sync instantly between everyone editing.

Real-time meeting transcription and note-taking using local Mac processing. Your meetings are transcribed on your device, nothing leaves your computer. Private by design.

A MacBook control system using accelerometer taps for custom actions. Double-tap your laptop lid to mute, triple-tap to lock, or create your own gestures for any shortcut.

Web-powered interactive presentation software with AI capabilities. Create presentations that respond to audience input, include live polls, and adapt in real time.

The Dynamic Island experience for Mac with apps and notifications. Get iPhone-style Dynamic Island functionality on your Mac, showing live activities and quick actions.

Modern screen recordings for Windows with automated polish effects. Record your screen and Motion automatically adds zoom effects, cursor highlights, and smooth transitions.

Your entire morning in one tab. A local-first dashboard with no tracking that shows your calendar, weather, tasks, and news in a single clean view.

Pre makes anybody an operator through accountability and momentum tracking. Set goals, track daily progress, and build the habits of a high-performing founder.

An affordable AI email app that helps you hit Inbox Zero. Drafts replies, categorises messages, and surfaces what matters so you spend less time in your inbox.

Private AI journal for iPhone, Mac, and Vision Pro. Helps you reflect, make sense of your thoughts, and notice patterns over time — all entries stay on your device with no accounts or tracking.

Browser-native layer that combines task management with AI intelligence. Highlight text on any tab to create tasks with context attached, then let AI break goals into actionable steps and help you execute.

AI-powered voice dictation that converts natural speech into polished, formatted text up to 4x faster than typing. Automatically removes filler words, adds punctuation, corrects grammar, and formats based on context.

A free, open-source screenshot and screen recording app for Mac. Capture, annotate, and share screenshots with a clean native interface and no subscription required.

A habit tracker built around compounding mathematics. Small daily improvements add up to transformative results over time. Track your habits and see the compound effect in real numbers.

A voice toolkit for Mac covering dictation, translation, and text improvement. Speak naturally and Voicr turns your words into polished, translated text in real time.