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Mar 2026Dawson Chen publicly said Martin reached about $1.3M ARR but then hard-pivoted after retention problems, redirecting the team toward Letterbook, an AI support platform.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Martin is a YC S23 consumer AI assistant / personal voice AI at trymartin.com that lets users text, call, email, or voice-message an AI "Jarvis" to manage inboxes, calendars, reminders, Slack, and other tasks. Public sources in 2026 suggest the Martin founders later pivoted to Letterbook, so Martin’s current status is somewhat ambiguous even though the site remains live. No official GitHub or X account was publicly confirmed in the sources I found.
Primary product
AI personal assistant / voice AI for email, calendar, calls, texts, Slack, reminders, and task execution
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI personal assistant / consumer AI agents
Offices
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
consumer subscription SaaS
freemium with free trial
monthly and annual plans
Funding
People & investors
Work & culture
Lean, fast-shipping, highly iterative team culture with a strong emphasis on user experience and in-person collaboration.
Work style
Onsite
Compensation
Public hiring posts advertised roughly $120K-$180K base salary plus 1.00%-$2.50% equity for founding product engineer roles; other roles emphasized significant equity and high ownership.
Product & market
Pricing
7-day free trial; Basic at $21/month billed yearly or $35/month billed monthly; Pro at $30/month billed yearly or $49/month billed monthly.
Differentiators
- —voice, text, email, WhatsApp, and Slack access
- —proactive task execution and follow-through
- —long-term memory / personalization
- —calendar, inbox, and todo automation
- —wake-up calls and cc-to-schedule features
- —multi-step research and call/text execution on the user’s behalf
- —custom memory architecture
- —broad language support and many integrations
Technology
Python
Next.js
FastAPI
React Native
SwiftUI
iOS
Android
Gmail
Google Calendar
Outlook
Slack
WhatsApp
Perplexity
Stripe
Customers
busy professionals
prosumers
founders
people managing calendars, inboxes, reminders, and messaging at high volume
Competitors
Siri
Alexa
OpenAI Operator
Google Assistant / Google's AI assistant
Lindy
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
approximately $1M-$1.3M ARR before the 2026 pivot; current Martin revenue is unclear from public sources
Estimated monthly visits
10.1K
Signals & risks
Other
Jul 2026Chen wrote that Martin grew from $10k to $1M ARR in the original office, then the team made a hard pivot to Letterbook after retention issues.
SourceLatest news
LinkedIn · Mar 2026
Public pivot update stating Martin’s revenue had reached about $1.3M ARR before the founders redirected the team toward Letterbook after retention issues.
Martin blog · Apr 2025
Product update introducing Martin Apps, new to-dos/notes, broader language support, and additional product refinements.
Martin blog · Mar 2025
Product update adding Martin Pro, wake-up calls, cc-to-schedule, proactive drafts, and priority support.
Martin blog · Jan 2025
Official seed-round announcement listing the named investors and describing Martin as a proactive AI assistant for calendars, inboxes, reminders, calls, and messages.
VentureBeat · Jan 2025
Covers Martin’s $2M seed round, founders Dawson Chen and Ethan Hou, early user traction, and product scope across calls, texts, email, and Slack.
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