u/Dismal-Actuary6293

We’re building Faraday, an AI email client focused on making inbox workflows feel less chaotic — cleaner organization, better thread handling, attachment management, faster search, and reducing manual sorting.

But one thing we keep thinking about is switching cost. Most people stay with Gmail/Outlook even when their inbox feels messy because moving email habits is hard.

For founders / heavy email users:

What would actually make you switch to a new email client?

Was it speed, organization, AI, workflow, privacy, or something else?

Email still feels way more chaotic than it should- cluttered inboxes, buried follow-ups, messy forwarded threads, and too much manual sorting.

So we started building Faraday.email to make email feel calmer with things like cleaner organization, promptless AI assistance, better thread reconstruction, and a more focused workflow overall.

Curious from other founders / heavy email users — what’s the most frustrating part of your inbox right now?

I open my mail for one thing and somehow end up with 20 unread random updates, club stuff, internship mails, and notices.

How are people actually keeping track of this??

Once emails start piling up, I feel like important stuff gets buried way too easily.

Do you guys mostly rely on folders/rules or just deal with it?