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Martin

Quick answer

Martin is a standalone general AI agent from Martin (Y Combinator S23 company). A personal assistant you reach by phone, text, WhatsApp, email or Slack that handles your inbox, calendar and reminders and makes calls for you. Nearfi's Agent Index rates its autonomy 4/5 (multi-step on its own): it drafts and replies to email, manages calendars and phones or texts people to book things, and Pro adds background tasks; it is not 5 because the docs do not show a standing mandate beyond those tasks. Status: live; 0 incident(s) logged.

By Martin (Y Combinator S23 company) · launched unknown · last checked 2026-11-04

At a glance
Autonomy
4/5
Multi-step on its own

Why 4: it drafts and replies to email, manages calendars and phones or texts people to book things, and Pro adds background tasks; it is not 5 because the docs do not show a standing mandate beyond those tasks.

The findings

What it does. Martin's docs say it checks your inbox and drafts replies, manages your calendar, texts and calls others on your behalf to book reservations or events, sets reminders and keeps a to-do list. It connects to Gmail, Outlook, Google, Apple and Outlook calendars and Slack. The Pro plan adds background tasks such as email triage, proactive drafts and daily digests.

Where it falls short. The docs do not say whether Martin asks permission before sending or booking, and privacy, terms and FAQ pages returned errors when a reviewer checked; no SOC 2 report was found. The only detailed review, from eesel, was written by a competitor, and independent user feedback is sparse and mostly from 2024.

What it can do

emailcalendarcallsmessagingschedulingmemory

Price: Basic $21 a month billed yearly ($35 monthly); Pro $30 a month billed yearly ($49 monthly); 7-day trial, no free plan (per eesel, October 2026). · Where: Not stated; Android was not out as of a 2024 founder post. · Surfaces: app, web, phone, voice

Incidents

  • None logged.

Closest fiction

Her — An assistant living in your messages who runs your life.

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History

  • 2026-11-04 Added to the index.

Sources

  1. Martin documentation Martin, 2026
  2. Martin AI review: the personal AI agent for your inbox, calendar and phone eesel AI, 2026-10-06

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