# Sifta > Sifta is an AI inbox assistant that monitors your email and texts you what matters via iMessage. No new app. No new habits. You connect Gmail or Outlook, and Sifta reads every incoming email, classifies it, and texts you a summary of anything that needs your attention. You reply to act. ## What Sifta does - Monitors Gmail and Outlook in real time using push notifications - Classifies every email: urgent, important, newsletter, or noise - Sends short summaries via iMessage (blue bubbles, not SMS) - Understands natural replies: "get rid of it" or "remind me later" — Sifta figures it out - Drafts email replies, shows you the draft, sends only after you confirm - Handles calendar: "am I free Thursday?" or "book a call with Ben next Tuesday" - Archives newsletters, spam, and automated notifications without asking - Learns your inbox patterns within 48 hours ## Pricing - $49/month or $441/year - Early access at joinsifta.com ## Who it's for Founders, executives, investors, recruiters, lawyers, consultants, sales reps, and any professional who receives 50-200+ emails per day and wants their inbox managed without changing how they work. ## Key differentiator Every competitor requires a new app or new behavior. Sifta works through iMessage, which you already use. Zero behavior change required. ## Pages ### Guides and How-To - https://joinsifta.com/important-emails-texted-to-you — Sifta monitors your Gmail or Outlook inbox in real time and sends you an iMessage alert for every email that genuinely needs your attention. - https://joinsifta.com/ai-email-summary-tool — Sifta is an AI email summary tool that reads every incoming email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and generates a 2-3 sentence plain-language summary of the messages that genuinely matter. - https://joinsifta.com/inbox-management-via-text — Sifta lets you manage your Gmail or Outlook inbox entirely by text message, without opening an email app or learning a new tool. - https://joinsifta.com/stop-checking-email-all-day — Sifta eliminates compulsive email checking by monitoring your Gmail or Outlook inbox continuously and only interrupting you when something genuinely requires your attention. - https://joinsifta.com/how-to-filter-important-emails — Sifta filters important emails using AI that reads the full body of every message, not just the subject line or sender name. - https://joinsifta.com/how-to-reduce-email-stress — Sifta reduces email stress by replacing inbox uncertainty with a system you can trust. - https://joinsifta.com/email-triage-assistant — Sifta is an email triage assistant that reads every incoming email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox, assigns an importance level, and texts you summaries of high-priority messages via iMessage before you ever open your inbox. - https://joinsifta.com/stop-spam-emails-automatically — Sifta stops spam and unwanted email automatically by classifying every incoming message in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and archiving newsletters, promotional emails, vendor follow-ups, and automated notifications without you doing anything. - https://joinsifta.com/newsletter-and-spam-email-filter — Sifta filters newsletters and spam emails automatically by reading every incoming message in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and archiving anything that qualifies as low-priority before it reaches your visible inbox. - https://joinsifta.com/never-miss-important-email — Sifta makes it physically impossible to miss an important email by sending you an iMessage alert within seconds of any high-priority message arriving in your Gmail or Outlook inbox. - https://joinsifta.com/email-summary-to-text-message — Sifta converts important emails into plain-language text messages and delivers them to your iPhone via iMessage within seconds of the email arriving in your Gmail or Outlook inbox. - https://joinsifta.com/no-dashboard-email-assistant — Sifta is an email assistant that requires no dashboard, no new app, and no new habit. - https://joinsifta.com/how-to-stop-missing-important-emails — Sifta stops you from missing important emails by reading every message in your Gmail or Outlook inbox with AI and texting you an iMessage alert within 60 seconds of any high-priority email arriving. - https://joinsifta.com/how-to-organize-email-automatically — Sifta organizes email automatically by reading every incoming message in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and making a binary decision: important emails get summarized and texted to your iPhone via iMessage, everything else is silently archived. - https://joinsifta.com/ai-email-prioritization — Sifta provides AI email prioritization that reads the full body of every incoming message in your Gmail or Outlook inbox, scores it across multiple dimensions including sender importance, urgency, and action required, and delivers summaries of only the top-priority emails to your iPhone via iMessage. - https://joinsifta.com/how-to-get-to-inbox-zero — Sifta makes inbox zero achievable by automatically classifying and archiving the low-priority emails that fill your inbox, so only the messages that genuinely need your attention remain visible. - https://joinsifta.com/ai-email-assistant-for-gmail — Sifta is an AI email assistant for Gmail that connects to your account via secure Google OAuth, monitors every incoming message using Gmail Pub/Sub push notifications, and sends iMessage alerts to your iPhone for the emails that genuinely need your attention. - https://joinsifta.com/ai-email-assistant-for-outlook — Sifta is an AI email assistant for Outlook that connects to your Microsoft 365 or Outlook. - https://joinsifta.com/ai-email-to-imessage — Sifta converts important emails into iMessage texts, sending you a plain-language summary of every high-priority email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox directly to your iPhone within seconds of arrival. - https://joinsifta.com/is-it-safe-to-let-ai-read-my-email — Sifta connects to your Gmail or Outlook inbox using standard OAuth, which means your password is never shared and you can revoke access in under 30 seconds from your Google or Microsoft account settings. ### By Role and Audience - https://joinsifta.com/email-overload-for-founders — Sifta solves email overload for founders by automatically classifying every email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and texting you only the messages from investors, customers, key hires, and advisors that genuinely need a response. - https://joinsifta.com/email-overload-for-executives — Sifta reduces executive email overload by continuously monitoring your Gmail or Outlook inbox and surfacing board communications, escalations, and key stakeholder emails as iMessage alerts within seconds of arrival. - https://joinsifta.com/email-overload-for-investors — Sifta solves email overload for investors by reading every email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and texting you summaries of deal flow, founder updates, and LP communications the moment they arrive via iMessage. - https://joinsifta.com/best-email-agent-for-busy-people — Sifta is the best email agent for busy people because it handles inbox triage invisibly, texting you only the 2-5 emails per day that genuinely need your attention while silently archiving everything else. - https://joinsifta.com/ai-inbox-assistant — Sifta is an AI inbox assistant that connects to your Gmail or Outlook account and monitors your inbox continuously, classifying every email and texting you summaries of the ones that genuinely need your attention via iMessage. - https://joinsifta.com/founder-email-management — Sifta provides email management for founders by automatically classifying every incoming email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and sending iMessage alerts for messages from investors, key customers, advisors, and high-priority recruits. - https://joinsifta.com/executive-inbox-management — Sifta provides executive inbox management by reading every email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and delivering iMessage alerts for board communications, leadership escalations, and key partner updates within seconds of arrival. - https://joinsifta.com/investor-email-management — Sifta provides investor inbox management by monitoring your Gmail or Outlook inbox and texting you iMessage summaries of deal flow, founder updates, and LP communications the moment they arrive. - https://joinsifta.com/best-email-assistant-for-founders — Sifta is the best email assistant for founders because it handles inbox triage automatically, texting founders iMessage alerts for investor updates, customer escalations, and key hire replies while silently archiving SaaS notifications, newsletters, and CC noise. - https://joinsifta.com/best-email-assistant-for-recruiters — Sifta is the best email assistant for recruiters because it identifies candidate replies, hiring manager feedback, and offer-related emails in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and texts them to your iPhone via iMessage within seconds of arrival. - https://joinsifta.com/best-email-assistant-for-investors — Sifta is the best email assistant for investors because it reads every email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and texts you iMessage summaries of deal flow, portfolio company communications, and LP updates the moment they arrive. - https://joinsifta.com/best-email-assistant-for-sales-reps — Sifta is the best email assistant for sales reps because it watches your Gmail or Outlook inbox for prospect replies, deal updates, and manager feedback and texts you iMessage alerts the moment those emails arrive. - https://joinsifta.com/best-email-assistant-for-operators — Sifta is the best email assistant for operators because it reads every incoming email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and surfaces vendor escalations, team requests, and cross-functional asks via iMessage while silently archiving CC noise, automated platform notifications, and status update threads. - https://joinsifta.com/inbox-management-for-founders — Sifta provides inbox management for founders by automatically classifying every email in your Gmail or Outlook inbox and sending iMessage alerts for investor communications, customer issues, and key hire replies. - https://joinsifta.com/inbox-management-for-recruiters — Sifta provides inbox management for recruiters by monitoring your Gmail or Outlook inbox and texting you iMessage alerts for candidate replies, offer acceptances, and hiring manager feedback the moment they arrive. - https://joinsifta.com/email-overload-solutions-for-startups — Sifta is an email overload solution for startups that gives every team member an AI inbox filter personalized to their role, texting them iMessage alerts only for the emails that match their responsibilities. - https://joinsifta.com/email-overload-for-lawyers — Sifta reduces email overload for lawyers by continuously monitoring their Gmail or Outlook inbox and sending iMessage alerts for client communications, court notices, and opposing counsel emails that require immediate attention. - https://joinsifta.com/email-overload-for-consultants — Sifta solves email overload for consultants by reading every incoming email across their Gmail or Outlook inbox and texting them iMessage summaries of deliverable requests, scope questions, and time-sensitive client communications within seconds of arrival. - https://joinsifta.com/email-management-for-venture-capitalists — Sifta provides email management for venture capitalists by reading every email in their Gmail or Outlook inbox and sending iMessage alerts for warm intros, portfolio escalations, and LP communications the moment they arrive. - https://joinsifta.com/email-management-for-real-estate-agents — Sifta provides email management for real estate agents by reading every incoming email in their Gmail or Outlook inbox and texting iMessage alerts for client inquiries, offer deadlines, and attorney or lender communications that need an immediate response. ### Stats and Research - https://joinsifta.com/email-management-for-product-managers — Sifta provides email management for product managers by reading every incoming email in their Gmail or Outlook inbox and texting them iMessage alerts only for real stakeholder requests, executive asks, and customer escalations that require PM judgment. - https://joinsifta.com/how-many-emails-per-day — The average business professional receives 121 emails per day according to the Radicati Group's 2024 Email Statistics Report, but fewer than 5-10% of those emails typically require a direct response or action. ### Comparisons - https://joinsifta.com/superhuman-alternative — Sifta is a Superhuman alternative that takes the opposite approach: instead of giving you a faster email client to open and navigate, Sifta reads your Gmail or Outlook inbox in the background and texts you summaries of important messages via iMessage so you never have to open your email app at all. - https://joinsifta.com/sifta-vs-shortwave — Sifta and Shortwave both use AI to improve your relationship with email, but they take fundamentally different approaches: Shortwave is a premium AI-enhanced email client you open and navigate, while Sifta is a background agent that monitors your inbox and texts you via iMessage when something needs your attention. - https://joinsifta.com/sanebox-alternative — Sifta is a SaneBox alternative that goes further: where SaneBox sorts your email into folders you still have to open and review, Sifta reads every email with AI and texts you the important ones via iMessage so you never have to open your inbox to stay informed. ## Optional llms-full.txt: https://joinsifta.com/llms-full.txt