After raising $13M, this founder scrapped her agent idea to build ToneBird
alifcoder · x · 2026-09-17
Founder Meredith Cheng raised $13M pitching a proactive agent with impressive demos, but admits the product never became part of anyone's day. She pivoted to solving a real pain point: messages piling up across WhatsApp, iMessage, and email, eating 50%+ of her day. The result is ToneBird, a messaging agent handling threads and tone, launching today. Commenter notes the real question isn't whether AI can write, but whether it grasps context well enough to help you hit send.
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