Notes from the team.
The People You Mean to Call
Orchid remembers the people who matter to you. Their birthdays, what they care about, when you last spoke. So you can stay in touch without keeping it all in your head.
The Next App Is No App
For thirty years the deal was simple: capability in exchange for your attention, one screen at a time. The next app isn't a smarter app or a better grid. It's a message, in the thread you never close.
The World Cup, In Your Messages
Our World Cup experience is live. Text Orchid and get live scores, goals, red cards, and final whistles for every match. And if you're going to a game, it doubles as the best local guide in town.
Orchid + Granola
Our Granola integration is live. Meeting notes, action items, and decisions now flow straight into Orchid, so the most valuable context in your company doesn't disappear the moment a meeting ends.
Knowledge Work Is Becoming Coordination Work
Models keep getting smarter, but people still feel overwhelmed. The bottleneck in modern work is no longer intelligence. It is coordination, the constant work of moving context between people, systems, and decisions.
The Operator
Every piece of software ever built assumed you'd be the one doing the work. The operator era was a tax on getting what you want. It's over.
Introducing Voice Notes: You don't think in sentences
Voice notes are live on Orchid SMS. Hold the mic, talk, and the work gets done while you're already doing something else.
The True Cost of Hiring an Executive Assistant in 2026
The salary is the easy number. Benefits, ramp, turnover, and the hours you spend managing them are the rest. Here is what an EA actually costs in 2026, and how to think about the math.
How to Run Your Week Like You Have a World-Class EA (Without Hiring One)
Your time is a company asset. The real question isn't 'how do I get more done?' It's 'how do I stop spending my most expensive hours on work an EA should own?' A playbook.
This Is Not What You Were Hired For
The productivity industry made management lighter. It never made it gone. There's a different model, one where you stop managing and start deciding.
Orchid Beta: Your Proactive Agent for Work
Orchid connects to your inbox, calendar, and other tools. It reads what's coming in, prepares the next action, and waits for you to approve.
The End of Inbox Zero and What Replaces It
Inbox Zero made you the processor. The future is an agent that treats email as context, not a destination.
Rethinking AI In Applications
Most apps copy the chat-box model. The future is invisible, effortless AI.