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Getting started
What is Beemy?
A contextually-aware AI assistant. It triages your email and drafts replies in your voice today. News digests and recurring reports come next. It keeps your work and personal life in separate silos. The super-organised version of you. See how it works.
Do I have to install anything to start?
No. You connect Gmail, and Google Calendar comes with it. Beemy starts read-only and watches how you work before it acts. A mobile companion and a browser extension are rolling out. Everything starts from the accounts you already have. Full breakdown on integrations.
Do I have to wait a week before Beemy is actually useful?
No. Your inbox is quiet and triaged within your first few minutes. You get a first draft in your voice to approve in that same session. There is no learning period to wait out. See how it works.
Which tools does Beemy work with today?
Gmail and Google Calendar are live in beta. They form the first trusted-inbox loop. Outlook/Microsoft 365, Slack, Google Docs, RSS, Reddit, newsletters, a mobile companion and a browser extension are rolling out. Each one ships when it clears its own safety gate. Full list on integrations.
Privacy & data
Is my data used to train AI?
No. Beemy never uses your data to train shared models. Some calls run on models that OpenAI and Anthropic operate, under zero-retention, no-training terms. See the full sub-processor register.
How is my data stored and protected?
Your data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3. It is encrypted at rest with AES-256, the standard banks use. It lives in strictly separated personal and work silos. We never sell it. More on Trust & Security.
What happens to my data if I cancel or delete my account?
Ask, and your account, data, drafts and history all go with it. One record survives, on purpose: the proof that the deletion happened. See Leaving for the full exit path.
Does Beemy read everything in my inbox?
It starts read-only, so it can triage your mail and learn your voice. It cannot send, reply or change anything until you allow it. You allow it surface by surface and category by category. See how it works.
Can a stranger hijack Beemy by putting instructions in an email?
The instruction can reach the model, but not the policy engine. Every outbound or write action still needs a grant you set on purpose. No message can create or raise a grant. See who it listens to for four real attempts, quoted.
How do you know Beemy is any good, if you won't publish an accuracy number?
We grade four tasks against 75 hand-labelled examples. The scorers fail a confident wrong answer. They do not fail a pause to ask. See how we grade it for the method and the limits.
What happens to my mail if Beemy stops working?
Nothing. Beemy's Gmail grant can only read and send, so an outage can't delete, move or lose a message. See when it stops for the four points where the code stops instead of guessing, and the limits today.
Can I connect my work email, or does that need IT approval?
Ask first. A Google Workspace admin on your domain controls that grant. The admin can withdraw it at any time. Beemy has no admin console, SSO or SCIM today. See your work account for the questions a reviewer asks. It has a summary you can send them.
Does my email go to OpenAI or Anthropic?
Yes, for some calls. The content of that one message goes to whichever model handles it, and nothing more. Both providers sign zero-retention, no-training terms. See who sees your mail and the full sub-processor register.
What stops a model provider keeping my mail?
Beemy keeps its own allowlist of endpoints cleared for zero retention. A call can only reach an endpoint on that list. Every call is checked against the list first. Beemy refuses any provider without a signed no-training, zero-retention agreement. More on the trust page.
Work & personal, kept apart
How does Beemy keep my work and personal life separate?
Personal, work and public knowledge live in strictly separated stores. The architecture builds in the separation. It is not a privacy toggle you could switch off. A work reply cannot surface your personal life, or the reverse, because there is no path between them. Full picture on Trust & Security. See what you grant for how a message reaches one side of the wall.
I have separate work and personal email accounts: can Beemy handle both?
Yes. That is the design case. Connect both, and each lives in its own silo. Beemy will never reference your personal life in a work reply, or the reverse.
On a team plan, can an admin read my personal inbox?
No. Admins manage seats, policy and team-level audit metadata. No path leads from an admin into a member's personal silo. The design guarantees this. A promise does not. More in Enterprise & Platform.
Control & autonomy
Will Beemy send email without my approval?
Not until you explicitly allow it. Even then, it sends only for the categories you choose, such as meeting confirmations. Everything else waits in your drafts for a one-tap review. See what the other person gets for the full list.
What does "replies in my voice" mean, and can I edit them?
Beemy drafts replies in your voice. It learns from your sent mail, and it keeps your work voice and your personal voice apart. You review and edit every draft until you tell it otherwise. Each edit teaches it.
What happens when Beemy isn't sure what to do?
It escalates to you, never around you. It gives a plain-language reason for why the message reached you. The goal is not zero interruptions. The goal is the right ones.
Can I change how much Beemy does on its own?
Yes. Autonomy is a dial you control, category by category and surface by surface. You turn it up as trust is earned. It is never inherited from one channel to another. See how it works.
How much of my time does Beemy still need?
Some, always. You still place what it would not guess. You approve what it drafted. You answer what it escalated. Only four categories can ever reach auto-send. See what you still do for the full case, and the review-time slider on the inbox cost calculator.
What happens when Beemy gets something wrong?
The autonomy level of the category caps the cost. The cost is a misfiled message or a draft you never sent. At most, it is an action bounded to a category you switched on yourself. See when Beemy gets it wrong for the specifics.
Plans & pricing
Is there a free plan?
Yes. You get 50 triaged emails a month and one knowledge silo, free forever. Full plan breakdown on pricing.
How much does Beemy cost?
It is free to start. Individual is $29/month, or $290/year with two months free. Team is $49/user/month. Enterprise is custom. Details on pricing.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Plans are month-to-month. Cancel whenever you like. You keep access through the period you have paid for.
Is there an annual discount?
Yes. Pay yearly and get two months free, which is $290/year for Individual. We set Team and Enterprise annual pricing when you talk to us. See pricing.
Product & roadmap
Does Beemy work on mobile?
A dedicated mobile companion is rolling out. Today Beemy works through the tools you already use. A triaged inbox and approved drafts show up wherever you read your email. See integrations and the roadmap.
Is there an API I can build on?
No public API is live yet. We have specified the model it will ship on. A credential is scoped to a single silo. It runs through the same policy engine the app uses. It cannot grant itself more autonomy than you gave it. More in Enterprise & Platform.
How is Beemy different from a general AI assistant like ChatGPT?
Beemy works in the background across your real tools. It maps the people and projects in your life. It keeps work and personal in separate silos, and it drafts in your voice. It is a proactive assistant, not a chat window you visit. See the full comparison on Beemy vs. a general assistant.
Wondering what we mean by a silo, or by triage? The Lexicon defines both, in plain English.
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