Superhuman (email client)

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Superhuman
Superhuman
Type Private
Founded2014;9 years ago (2014)
FounderRahul Vohra
Headquarters
US
Website www.superhuman.com

Superhuman is an email app founded in 2014 by Rahul Vohra. [1] It is targeted at users who want to improve their productivity and features liberal use of keyboard shortcuts to speed up email reading and replying. [2] The app charges $30/month to users ($10 for students) and claims they can save up to three hours a week by using it. [3] [4] [5]

Superhuman has raised over $100 million from venture capitalists including Andreesen Horowitz. [6] [7] Initially, the app only integrated with Gmail, but in May 2022 launched integration with Microsoft Outlook. [8]

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