The AI resurfaced lapsed founder relationships from a year of Gmail

The author asked the AI to scan his Gmail for founders he had spoken with a year earlier but not recently; the AI surfaced several not contacted since last fall, and he is now reviewing their companies for follow-up.

How it works

Scanned Gmail for founder conversations from a year ago, Filtered to contacts not spoken to recently, Surfaced founders not contacted since last fall

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent mines a year of email for relationships that quietly lapsed, with dates attached.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on tremendous.blog. See the original ↗

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