Toki

Overview

Toki is an AI-powered executive assistant designed to coordinate meetings, manage schedules, and prioritize tasks. It captures requests via natural text, voice notes, and screenshots directly from messaging platforms. Toki learns user preferences over time to proactively plan days and resolve calendar conflicts. By acting as a unified assistant, it seamlessly handles both professional commitments and personal life.

What it does

• Coordinates meeting times by emailing attendees, negotiating availability, and sending calendar invites autonomously.
• Captures thoughts, voice notes, and images through familiar chat interfaces to create scheduled tasks.
• Resolves schedule conflicts automatically and balances focused deep work with urgent deadlines.
• Monitors user-defined triggers such as flight prices or stock drops to send proactive alerts.
• Syncs seamlessly with Google Calendar, Outlook, and Apple Calendar for a unified view.

Who it's for

• Founders
• Executives
• Professionals
• Busy Parents

Why it works

• Replaces the expensive back-and-forth of human executive assistants by automating scheduling through AI.
• Functions as a multi-modal assistant, allowing users to send unstructured text, images, or voice memos.
• Operates natively within messaging apps, eliminating the friction of constantly switching between productivity tools.
• Builds a personalized memory of user habits and preferences to improve scheduling accuracy over time.
• Offers a highly accessible freemium model that brings executive-level assistance to everyday consumers.

Founder story

Raymond Wang, a former co-founder of Ele.me, partnered with Robert Zheng and Haochuan Guo to launch Orion Arm in Singapore in May 2023. They built Toki to bring the capabilities of a dedicated human executive assistant to everyday consumers. Their goal was to simplify daily scheduling and task management through intuitive, chat-based AI interfaces.

Alternatives

• BeforeSunset AI
• Motion
• Reclaim.ai
• Cron

Comparison overview

• Toki differentiates itself from rigid calendar planners like Motion or Cron by offering a conversational, multi-modal AI interface. Rather than requiring users to manually drag blocks on a grid, Toki allows users to send voice notes or images to autonomously coordinate with attendees and schedule events.