v1.0.0 — March 2026
Outband launches with 83 features across 13 modules.Core Platform
- Gmail and Outlook Integration — Connect your email accounts via OAuth with secure, standards-based access
- Email History Import — Import 6-24 months of email history to build Contact Intelligence
- Daily Briefing Dashboard — AI-processed digest reducing ~73 daily messages to 15 or fewer decisions
- Real-Time Updates — Live updates to your briefing as new messages arrive
Contact Intelligence
- Contact Model Builder — Automatic per-contact AI models built from communication history
- Personal DNA — Your own communication profile that ensures AI drafts match your voice
- Confidence Scoring — 4-dimension scoring (data volume, recency, consistency, context match) for every Contact Model
- Contact Model Dashboard — Visual display with insights, corrections, and relationship timeline
- Communication Model Engine — Builder, Updater, Predictor, and Merger components
- RLHF Correction Pipeline — Every correction improves future accuracy through the feedback loop
- Cultural Context Encoding — Keigo levels, Tatemae/Honne awareness, and cultural protocol support
- Bilateral Inference Pipeline — 4-stage prediction for Perception Preview
Communication Modes
- Observer Mode — Read-only AI intelligence (free tier)
- Drafter Mode — AI-drafted responses for your review (Professional tier)
- Auto+Review Mode — Autonomous handling with daily digest review (Professional tier)
- Full Delegation Mode — Fully autonomous with escalation-only review (Executive tier)
- Per-Contact Trust Configuration — Different trust levels per contact, per intent type, per domain
- Perception Prediction — Predict how recipients will perceive your message before sending
Communication Canvas
- Auto-Generated Canvases — Structured view of complex threads with agreements, open items, and tasks
- Canvas Engine — Manager, Tracker, Extractor, Linker, Separator, and Version Controller
- Communication Context Pipeline — 5-stage context stack (DNA, Models, Canvas, Events, Graph)
Multi-Channel
- Slack Integration — Read channels and DMs, cross-channel intelligence
- WhatsApp Integration — WhatsApp Business message processing
- Calendar Integration — Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar for temporal context
- File/Drive Integration — Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox context
- Cross-Channel Processing — Unified processing across all channels
Security
- Data/Control Plane Separation — Architectural security preventing prompt injection
- Prompt Injection Prevention — Email content never becomes executable instructions
- PII Detection & Tagging — Automated PII detection at ingestion
- Encryption — AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit
- Audit Trail — Full logging of every AI action via Axiom
Enterprise & Team
- Organization-Based Multi-Tenancy — Org as tenant boundary
- Team Intelligence — Shared policies and collective Contact Models
- Team Repo — Auto-distilled knowledge repository from team communication
- Enterprise SSO/SAML/SCIM — Single sign-on via WorkOS
- Enterprise Admin Dashboard — User management, audit logs, analytics
- RBAC — Owner, admin, and member roles
- Data Residency Controls — US, EU, and APAC regions
Data Governance
- Data Sovereignty / Export — One-click export in Markdown, CSV, and JSON
- Policy-as-Markdown — Machine-enforceable governance rules
- Soft Delete with Recovery — 30-day trash with restore
- GDPR Compliance — Full data export, deletion, and consent management
- APPI Compliance — Japanese market data protection
- Non-Consenting Contact Model Governance — DSAR mechanism, no PII in weights
Growth & Billing
- Stripe Subscription Billing — 5-tier billing (Starter, Professional, Team, Executive, Enterprise)
- Freemium Engine — Free tier with Sonnet-class AI and conversion funnel
- Referral System — Credits for inviting users
- Hotmail-Style Viral Signature — Value proposition footer on agent-processed emails
UX Platform
- Internationalization — English and Japanese with locale-aware formatting
- Light/Dark/System Theme — Theme toggle with system preference support
- WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility — Keyboard navigation, screen reader support, 4.5:1 contrast
- Responsive Design — Desktop, tablet, and mobile web
- Granular Exclusion Controls — Exclude contacts, domains, topics, and folders from AI
Behavioral Science
- Trust More Tomorrow — Gentle nudges for progressive trust escalation
- Protective Friction — “Good Sludge” at critical decision points