Shortwave
by Shortwave
At a glance
AI-powered email app for Gmail with an assistant that searches, summarizes, and drafts messages.
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- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Productivity
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2022
Overview
Shortwave is an AI-powered email app built on Gmail, with an assistant that searches your email history, summarizes threads, and drafts replies. Created by ex-Google engineers, it adds modern organization like bundling and snoozing on top of existing Gmail accounts. A free tier is available, with paid plans for heavier AI use and teams.
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Key features
- AI assistant that answers questions from your email history
- Thread summaries and AI-drafted replies
- Inbox bundling, snoozing, and scheduling tools
- Works on top of existing Gmail accounts
Use cases
- Searching years of email with natural-language questions
- Summarizing long threads before replying
- Organizing a busy Gmail inbox with AI triage
Pricing
Shortwave has a free tier with limited AI usage; paid plans add more AI queries, longer history search, and team features.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-09
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/shortwave/
Selection profile
Every field says where its value comes from. "Unknown" means we have not confirmed it — it does not mean the product lacks the feature.
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- Tasks it fits
- Everyday productivity
Derived from the record: category "productivity".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Windows Android iOS
Matched on the vendor page: “ted for free No credit card required Available on iOS, Android, Mac & Windows Empowering ambitious teams at thousands of companies big and small AI email assistant Advanc”
Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
The record contains no offline-operation claim.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Not recorded
The record does not state whether a public API exists.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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- Subscription Free allowance: Limited Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Verified 2026-10-09 www.shortwave.com ↗
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Our inference
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
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Platform support: windows, android, ios Verified 2026-10-09 www.shortwave.com ↗
Applies to: As stated on shortwave.com on 2026-10-09
Matched on the vendor page: “ted for free No credit card required Available on iOS, Android, Mac & Windows Empowering ambitious teams at thousands of companies big and small AI email assistant Advanc”
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Frequently asked questions
Does Shortwave replace Gmail?
Shortwave is a separate app that connects to your existing Gmail account and adds AI and organization features.
Is Shortwave free?
Yes, a free tier exists; heavier AI usage and business features require a paid plan.
What can Shortwave's AI do?
It searches your email history, summarizes threads, drafts replies, and answers questions grounded in your messages.
What does the Shortwave record not confirm?
No documentation or pricing page is recorded for Shortwave because it was not in this record's fetch scope, and its licence, regions, and interface languages are unconfirmed.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.
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