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# Welcome to Outband
> Your AI-powered Contact Intelligence Platform that transforms communication from message processing to intent mediation.
Outband is a Contact Intelligence Platform that connects to your existing communication channels -- Gmail, Outlook, Slack, WhatsApp, and Calendar -- and uses AI to help you communicate more effectively.
## What Outband Does
Instead of scrolling through dozens of emails, Outband gives you a **Daily Briefing** that distills your communications into clear decisions. On average, it reduces \~73 daily messages down to 15 or fewer items that actually need your attention.
Your AI-processed summary of what matters today -- urgent items, decisions needed, and things handled automatically.
Per-contact AI models that learn how each person communicates, helping you write better messages and predict how they will be received.
AI-written draft responses that match your voice and are calibrated for each recipient.
A structured view of complex threads showing agreements, open items, and action items at a glance.
## How It Works
Outband works alongside your existing tools. You keep using Gmail, Outlook, Slack, and WhatsApp exactly as you do today. Outband connects via secure APIs and adds an intelligence layer on top.
Link your email, messaging, and calendar accounts with a few clicks. Outband uses industry-standard OAuth -- your passwords are never stored.
Within 30 seconds of connecting, you receive your first Daily Briefing. Over the next hour, Outband builds detailed Contact Models for your top 50 contacts.
You begin in **Observer** mode where Outband only reads and summarizes. As you build trust, you can upgrade to modes where it drafts or even sends messages on your behalf.
Every correction you make improves Outband's understanding. The more you use it, the more accurate it becomes.
## Who Is Outband For?
Outband is built for professionals who spend significant time on communication:
* **Founders and executives** juggling investors, board, partners, and team
* **Knowledge workers** managing cross-team coordination across email and Slack
* **Japanese business professionals** dealing with Keigo composition and cross-cultural communication
* **Team leads** standardizing team communication and building shared knowledge
## What Makes Outband Different
Most email tools make your inbox faster. Outband makes communication **smarter**.
| Traditional tools | Outband |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Categorize your emails | Understands both sides of the conversation |
| Suggest generic replies | Drafts calibrated to each specific recipient |
| Speed up email processing | Reduces 73 messages to 15 decisions |
| Work in one channel | Unifies Gmail, Outlook, Slack, WhatsApp, and Calendar |
## Next Steps
Set up Outband in 10 minutes and receive your first briefing.
Learn how Outband's progressive trust system keeps you in control.