If your inbox feels like a second full-time job, you’re not imagining it. The average worker gets 117 emails a day, and nearly a third of people are still checking email at 10 p.m. — what Microsoft has called the “infinite workday.” Fireflies.ai, the meeting AI already used by over 20 million people, just launched something to fix that: Email Assistant.
Instead of starting fresh in your inbox, Email Assistant pulls context from both your email threads and your past meetings, so it can triage new mail, draft replies, and nudge stalled conversations — without you having to reconstruct what was said three meetings ago.
What Email Assistant Actually Does
| Feature | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Auto Labels | Triages and labels new emails as they arrive |
| Auto Draft Replies | Drafts replies using thread + meeting history, in your own voice |
| Follow-Ups | Drafts a nudge when a sent email goes unanswered |
| Daily Briefs | Surfaces email insights alongside meetings and Slack in one view |
| AskFred | Plain-English search across email, summaries, and action items |
Every draft stays in review-mode — nothing sends automatically — and existing inbox rules and workflows are left untouched.
Why This Matters for Fireflies.ai?
Fireflies CEO Krish Ramineni framed the launch as a natural extension of the company’s shift from AI notetaker to full AI work assistant, now spanning meetings, email, Slack, and CRM. The bet is that most AI email tools only understand your inbox — Fireflies understands your entire workday, connecting the dots between what was said in a meeting and what shows up in your inbox weeks later.
Long-time customer Lee Werrell, CEO of Compliance Consultant, said the tool cuts out repetitive drafting and saves him from reconstructing conversations from scratch — a small but real dent in daily email fatigue.
Getting Started
Email Assistant is live today on all Fireflies plans, including the free tier. Just connect a Gmail or Outlook account through the Email Connector inside Fireflies. Pro plans start at ₹955 per seat/month (billed annually) — notably cheaper than most standalone AI email tools.
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To learn more about the broader category this fits into, see Wikipedia’s entry on virtual assistants.
