The quest to kill Gmail finds a new AI challenger
Stockholm-based startup Scape has raised $3.2 million to develop an AI-powered email client designed to automate tasks rather than just drafting text. The company aims to replace traditional email workflows by using AI agents that act on behalf of the user.
Why it matters
This represents a shift in productivity software from passive tools to autonomous agents that can execute complex workflows directly from an inbox.
Email startup Scape now has five employees, all based in Stockholm. Scape Scape raised $3.2 million to rebuild the email inbox with AI agents. Its desktop app draws on its memory of past messages and meeting transcripts to suggest replies. Y Combinator partner Gustaf Alströmer believes Scape could finally pry people away from Gmail. For decades, email has been where work piles up. Now, two 23-year-old Swedes are asking: What if the inbox could start checking things off? That's the vision behind Scape, a desktop email app that wants to do the work buried inside messages — and one that Y Combinator partner Gustaf Alströmer believes could finally pry people away from Gmail. The Stockholm startup is opening a waitlist for early access on Thursday after raising $3.2 million from Y Combinator , General Catalyst, FundersClub, and other investors, Business Insider has learned.
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