How We Use AI to Run Our Startup with Fewer Tools, Fewer Meetings, and More Output

Running a lean startup means every minute (and tab) matters.

We were juggling Notion, Gmail, Jira, Zoom, Slack — the usual mess. Too many tools. Too many “Hey, can you do this real quick?” tasks. So we started using an AI assistant we built called Dume AI, and it fundamentally changed our workflows.

Some real examples:

• It automatically pulls Slack messages and turns them into Jira tickets.

• It connects with Google Calendar and Gmail to schedule meetings, send follow-ups, and summarize threads.

• It even switches between Claude, GPT-4, and Gemini — no extra subscriptions needed.

No more 10 open tabs. No more switching tools to get one task done. Just one AI assistant that works inside everything.

We shared how different teams use Dume AI in this blog post — founders, marketers, ops, etc. It’s a breakdown of real use cases:

👉 https://www.dume.ai/blog/dume-ai-use-cases

Would love to hear how others are using AI in their stack — especially in early-stage teams!