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Shortwave
Last discussed Jun 16, 2026
AI-powered email client built by Andrew Lee's team before pivoting to Tasklet; used vector database search for emails.
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Andrew Lee · Jun 16, 2026
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Used for: Email client with vector database search
vs: Predecessor to Tasklet; search approach replaced by agent-based parallel quer...
"In Shortwave, our email client, the way we did search was the vector database approach. We embedded all your emails, stuck them in a vector database, and had this interesting search stack."
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