GPT-4 Email Categorization

Siqi Chen shares his custom email categorization system using GPT-4 and Zapier, highlighting the need for better AI-powered email management.

Current Email Management Solution

• Built a Zapier automation that uses GPT-4 to categorize emails into different labels
• Uses a very long prompt in the automation to guide the categorization
• Also uses Sanebox, which performs similar filtering functions
• The system categorizes emails into different contexts (e.g., kids-related emails)

Limitations of Existing Solutions

• No good version of email manager software that allows customizing prompts
• Existing solutions don't allow training the AI to understand personal context
• Has seen at least 12 companies attempt this, but none have done a "really great job"
• Current solutions lack the ability to understand content without specific keywords

Desired Features

• Ability to customize prompts for different contexts (e.g., "here's the things related to my kids")
• System that can recognize context without relying on specific keywords
• Separate inboxes for different contexts in life
• Training capability so the system improves over time
• Product that can understand all content about your life and organize your stuff

Use Case Examples

• Identifying emails related to children without explicit keywords
• Recognizing emails to babysitters or from schools
• Organizing emails into context-specific folders automatically
• Understanding the meaning behind emails rather than just scanning for keywords

Market Opportunity

• Multiple companies have attempted similar solutions but haven't succeeded
• Clear user need for better email organization using AI
• Potential to expand beyond email to other personal content organization