Martinello: Akiflow originally built a Spotlight-style command bar for web apps
Nunzio Martinello · Productivity App Hits $2500 MRR, Raising $1.5m on $10m Valuation · Oct 13, 2021 · at 1:28
Nunzio Martinello is the founder of Akiflow, discussing the original product concept before the company pivoted.
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“We were building a common bar similar to Spotlight to control your web apps. So it was like Alfred, but it was much easier to connect like Asana or Gmail, and you could just type, you know, Gmail, send an email or Asana, create the task, and it would do it in a second.”
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