Hints

Hints, operating under the legal name Hintsflow Inc., is a privately held software company based in Mountain View, CA, that has developed an AI-powered assistant to streamline workflows and boost team productivity. The company was founded in July 2021 by George Levin, Alex, and Gleb. Their shared experience at Getintent, an AI AdTech startup, revealed the inefficiencies of data flow between different productivity tools, which became the catalyst for creating Hints. The founders observed common issues like un-updated CRMs, missed ticket creation after conversations, and fragmented discussions across various platforms.

The core of Hints' business is an AI assistant that helps users manage and update their work software through a natural language interface. It allows users to send simple voice or text messages via popular messengers like Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage, and email to interact with their business applications. This functionality enables sales teams to update CRMs, create deals, and set reminders on the go, while technical teams can manage to-dos more efficiently. The service is designed to reduce administrative work by as much as 70% and has shown to increase logged activities by over 350%. The platform integrates with a variety of tools including Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Notion, Trello, Jira, and Google Calendar, with plans to expand to Asana, Airtable, and Google Sheets.

Hints operates on a subscription-based business model, offering a free trial and tiered paid plans. The "Personal" plan is priced monthly, while the "Teams" plan offers custom workflows and premium support. The company secured $2.2 million in a seed funding round and launched its beta version in November 2022. The product is aimed at a broad range of clients, from individual professionals to large enterprise teams, including salespeople, product managers, and marketing and support staff. By parsing natural language inputs and automating data entry and retrieval, Hints aims to be the go-to standard for communication between humans and software, allowing professionals to focus on more critical tasks.

Keywords: AI assistant, workflow automation, productivity software, CRM integration, task management, natural language processing, data logging, sales productivity, team collaboration, lead capture, Pipedrive integration, HubSpot integration, Salesforce integration, Notion integration, Jira integration, enterprise software, business process automation, voice to text CRM, AI chatbot, workflow management