Why I’m Building Lumis
After nearly two months of thinking, building and refining, I’m excited to share something we’ve been working on Lumis: a personal AI assistant for Telegram, slack and more. I’m Ethan, founder of a small AI startup, and this idea comes straight from my own struggle.
As a Web3 founder before, I had to juggle multiple IM and work apps, especially Telegram, slack and Gmail, you name it. Over time, I ended up in 700+ telegram channels, not to mention countless Slack threads that are nearly impossible to count, especially those back-and-forth discussions and replies. On top of that, I was always traveling and sitting through endless meetings. The real challenge wasn’t just the flood of chats, but staying on top of progress across so many conversations. Eventually, I was drowning in unread messages, unresolved threads, and unanswered people.
One day I thought: why isn’t there an AI that can save my day? Since I couldn’t find one, I decided to build it myself, and that’s how Lumis was born.
Simply put, Lumis is designed to clear the clutter and help you stay focused, by working the way you do:
- Multi-Platform Integration: bring all your messages into one inbox with a unified, consistent interface.
- Smart Summaries: turn scattered chats into clear, event-based highlights that evolve over time.
- Quick Info Extraction: just ask in plain language, get the answers hidden in your messages.
- Daily Recap: see progress, to-dos, and what you’ve missed, all in one glance.
- One-Step Messaging: generate/translate, and send without breaking the flow.
- Always Adapting: learns your tone and style over time, so summaries and replies sound like you.
The goal isn’t to replace communication, but to build an intelligent communication assistant, tailored to your style and helps you stay focused. So you stay in control instead of being buried by information.
Personally, I already use Lumis every day for both Telegram and Slack, and it’s saved me countless clicks, context switches, message scans, and copy-paste. Honestly, I can’t imagine going back.
We’re still early, but after a lot of building and tinkering, it’s finally working well enough to share. Super excited to put this out to the community, would love for you to give it a spin and tell us what you think!
Ethan
Founder, Meland Labs