ORBYX
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Every deadline,
in orbit.

Orbyx reads your team's e-mail, puts every deadline on one shared calendar, and drafts each reply. When it isn't sure about something, it asks a person. Nothing goes out until someone presses Send.

This 52-second sneak peek shows the real screens. Every person, e-mail, and company in it is made up.

What it does

Every e-mail. Every deadline.
Every reply.

Orbyx is built for teams whose work arrives by e-mail and runs on deadlines. It handles the sorting and the first draft, and people make the decisions.

Dashboard

Everything on one screen.

See what is late, what is due today, what is waiting for review, the week ahead, and the mail that came in. Each item appears on the calendar twice: on the day it came in and on the day it is due.

The Orbyx dashboard: counts for late, due today, this week, and needs a look, plus a week calendar and the mail inbox.
Mail

It reads the mail.

Every e-mail gets a short summary in English, whatever language it was written in, and is sorted by what it asks for. When Orbyx isn't sure about an e-mail, it puts it in Needs a look. Orbyx will not guess.

An e-mail written in Spanish, tagged Spanish and Quote or proposal, with a one-line English summary and a Show in English link.
Replies

You press Send.

Orbyx suggests a reply in the sender's own language. Use it, change it, or ask for another. Nothing is sent until you press Send and confirm.

A suggested reply to a lunch invitation, marked 'Orbyx never sends on its own', with Reply with this, Copy reply, and Try another.
Team

Work together, live.

Orbyx tells you when new work comes in, lets you chat with the people in your organization, and keeps a history of who did what. Only the people in a chat can read it.

Orbyx messages: a Client team group chat with a reminder about a team meeting and a reply.
Privacy

Private by default.

Each person's work stays private. Anyone who wants to see it has to give a reason, and the owner answers yes or no. Every refusal is recorded in the security log. Each organization has its own separate workspace, with its own rules and templates.

A security notice: Jordan Ellis is attempting to view your private My Work folder. Allow access? With YES and NO buttons.
Roadmap

Where it stands.

Orbyx is still in development and is not open for sign-ups yet. These are the steps between now and a team using it every day.

  1. 01

    Build the product

    The dashboard, mail reading, reply drafting, team chat, and the privacy vault.

    Done
  2. 02

    Real sign-in

    Google sign-in works. Microsoft sign-in is next.

    Under way
  3. 03

    A real inbox

    Gmail works for reading and replying. Outlook is next.

    Under way
  4. 04

    Go online

    Orbyx will be hosted online with a real database, so a team can use it from anywhere.

    Next
  5. 05

    Side-by-side trial

    Orbyx will run for two weeks alongside a real team, and every deadline it finds will be checked against theirs.

    Later
Updates

Along the way.

Here is what has changed, newest first.

Real sign-in, a real inbox, any language

Google sign-in works, and Orbyx now reads a connected Gmail inbox in a test workspace with made-up people. It notes the language of each e-mail, translates on request, and suggests replies in the sender's language. Replies go out only after you press Send and confirm.

Themes and sounds

Orbyx now has eight light and eight dark themes, each with its own music. New mail, finished work, and deadline alerts each have their own sound and volume.

The look is set

The design is final: Stark Platinum by day, Deep Obsidian by night, the Split Core logo, and the orbit. The privacy vault is in too, so nobody sees your work unless you say yes.

First build

The first build has one shared core, and every organization gets its own separate workspace that no other organization can reach.