Y Combinator startup Scape emerges from stealth with $3.2M to rethink email
More than one billion professionals spend most of their workday in email: an interface that hasn't changed in 25 years. Scape, founded by two 23-year-old Swedes, today emerges from stealth and launche... Founded by two 23-year-old entrepreneurs, the startup is building an AI-native inbox that prepares replies, generates documents and prioritises the emails that matter most.
Key Takeaways
- Software development Y Combinator startup Scape emerges from stealth with $3.
2M to rethink email Founded by two 23-year-old entrepreneurs, the startup is building an AI-native inbox that prepares replies, generates documents and prioritises the emails that matter most.
- Simply answering an email from a client can mean reading through old threads to find context, checking meeting notes for what was agreed, filling out attached forms in a separate tool, uploading them, writing the email and sending it, and then watching for their reply among all other ongoing threads.
- The drafts can even include attachments that Scape has created or edited.
It can do so because it learns continuously from the entire email inbox and meetings via its built-in, local meeting notetaker.
- " Early investor Gustaf Alströmer, General Partner at Y Combinator, said: "It's painfully obvious that AI will transform email.
While I've seen hundreds of startups try to innovate in the space over the years, I've seen nothing like the team behind Scape.
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- #More than one billion professionals spend most of their workday in email: an interface that hasn't changed in 25 years.
- #Cate Lawrence 3 hours ago Share Share Send email Copy link More than one billion professionals spend most of their workday in email: an interface that hasn't changed in 25 years.
- #2 million from Y Combinator , General Catalyst , and FundersClub.
- #Elis Hodzic, 23, joined as a co-founder in 2025 after originally backing the company as an investor.
Founded by two 23-year-old entrepreneurs, the startup is building an AI-native inbox that prepares replies, generates documents and prioritises the emails that matter most. Software development Y Combinator startup Scape emerges from stealth with $3. 2M to rethink email Founded by two 23-year-old entrepreneurs, the startup is building an AI-native inbox that prepares replies, generates documents and prioritises the emails that matter most.
Cate Lawrence 3 hours ago Share Share Send email Copy link More than one billion professionals spend most of their workday in email: an interface that hasn't changed in 25 years. Scape , founded by two 23-year-old Swedes, today emerges from stealth and launches an intelligent email inbox. 2 million from Y Combinator , General Catalyst , and FundersClub.
Angel investors include: Max Junestrand (co-founder of Legora), Sebastian Knutsson (co-founder of King), Jacob Wallenberg jr. (Ramp and EQT), Sophia Bendz (previously CMO, Spotify), and operators from OpenAI, Google, Meta and Ramp. Using Gmail can make email feel more like work about work, than actual work.
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