TL;DR
- A founder's day is a stream of small tasks; each one is easy, together they eat the day.
- An AI buddy handles them by voice where you are: drafting replies, booking time, setting reminders, researching in the background.
- Lazur acts like a lightweight chief of staff on your Mac, starting at $18/month after a free 3-day trial.
Nobody starts a company to answer email. Yet a founder's day dissolves into small tasks: replies that need a sentence, meetings to slot in, a competitor to look up, a promise to follow up on Friday. None of it is hard. All of it adds up.
A chief of staff takes that load off. Most early founders can't hire one. An AI buddy on your Mac gets you surprisingly far.
What it takes off your plate
Replies, in one breath
Hold fn in Gmail, Slack or LinkedIn and say what you mean: "thanks, Thursday works, let's do three, I'll send the deck before." Lazur types it cleanly, with punctuation, capitals and your corrections applied. Say "sum up this thread" first if you need the context.
Scheduling without the tab dance
"Call with Priya on Friday at three." It's on your calendar. "Remind me to send the deck at five." It's in Reminders. No app switching.
Research in the background
"Research our top five competitors' pricing and compare them." Lazur runs that as a background job in its own Chrome tabs while you keep working, then tells you it's done and hands you a full report. It stops to ask before anything it can't undo.
Answers about what's on screen
Reading a term sheet, a spreadsheet, a dashboard? Hold ⌥ ⌘ and ask "what does this clause mean?" or "what's driving this drop?" It answers out loud while you keep looking.
A day with it
- 9:00: "Sum up this thread", then dictate the reply.
- 10:30: "Research how competitors price annual plans", running in the background.
- 12:00: "Lunch with Sam Thursday at one."
- 14:00: Stuck in Stripe's dashboard: "where do I issue a refund?" It circles the button.
- 16:00: The research report is ready.
- 17:00: "Remind me to follow up with the investors Monday."
What it won't do
It won't make decisions for you, and it won't act without you asking. It listens and looks only while you hold its shortcut, and it doesn't keep your audio or screenshots.
Try it
Lazur is free for three days, then $18/month for Pro (150 AI actions and unlimited dictation). Use it for one real week of founder work and see what's left on your plate.
FAQ
- Can an AI really act as a chief of staff?
- Not for judgement calls, but for the steady stream of small tasks around them: drafting replies, scheduling, reminders, quick research and summaries. That's where most of a founder's lost time goes, and it's what Lazur handles by voice.
- Can Lazur research competitors for me?
- Yes. Ask it as a background job, for example 'research our top five competitors' pricing'. It works in its own Chrome tabs while you keep working and comes back with a summary and a full report.
- Does it work with my email and calendar?
- Lazur works on top of whatever's on your screen, so it can draft replies in Gmail or any mail app, and it can add events to your Mac's Calendar and reminders to Apple Reminders by voice.