Apple App Store · Nov 2025
The App Store listing shows Iris as a free productivity app developed by Samika Sanghvi / Minro Inc., with Gmail, Google Calendar, and Maps integrations and a public launch date of 2025-11-12.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Iris is a YC-backed AI-native calendar and inbox assistant from Minro Inc. that helps people schedule, reply, summarize context, and manage their day across connected accounts with a privacy-first design.
Primary product
AI-native calendar and inbox assistant
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI productivity / personal assistant software
Business model
freemium
consumer mobile app
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed (YC F25) · Sep 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Sep 2025 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Investors
Work & culture
Public-facing materials emphasize privacy by design, user control, and building an assistant that adapts to how people already work; no dedicated careers or employee-benefits page was found.
Product & market
Pricing
Free
Differentiators
- —Learns user patterns and adapts to how each person works
- —Unified calendar and inbox across multiple providers
- —Privacy-by-design with granular permissions and automatic cleanup
- —User approval required for actions
- —Context-aware scheduling, replying, and meeting summaries
Technology
Gmail
Google Calendar
Google Maps
Apple accounts
Microsoft accounts
Composio
Google OAuth
OpenAI
Apple TestFlight
Customers
busy professionals
founders and operators
students
investors
people juggling multiple calendars and inboxes
Competitors
Motion
Reclaim AI
Mayday
Alice App
NOX
Scale & contact
Latest news
Samika Sanghvi LinkedIn · Nov 2025
Samika Sanghvi reported a public launch update with 700+ users in 24 hours and 2,100+ requests per day, plus feedback calls and bug fixes after launch.
Y Combinator · Nov 2025
YC’s launch page presents Iris as a personal digital extension that learns how you work, automates calendar/email tasks, and had early traction with 1,200+ downloads and 36,000+ actions in its first four weeks.
Y Combinator LinkedIn · Nov 2025
Y Combinator announced Iris as a personal assistant built into calendar and inbox, emphasizing scheduling, replying, and organizing with context-aware automation.
Minro (YC F25) LinkedIn · Oct 2025
Minro posted about an in-person Coffee with Iris event in San Francisco for founders and operators, positioning Iris as an intelligent calendar beta and sharing early access details.
Jobs and careers at Iris
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