Motion

🔧 Tool Overview

Motion was originally launched as Motion Project Manager and has since evolved into a comprehensive AI-powered productivity platform.

🚀 Origins

It was founded in 2019 by Harry Qi, Omid Rooholfada, and Ethan Yu.

Motion officially hit the market in July 2019, shortly after joining Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 batch.

✨ Major Uses

• AI-Driven Project Management: Automatically builds entire projects—including tasks, deadlines, assignees, and stages—based on a simple description.
• Smart Scheduling: Features an AI Calendar that optimizes your day, protects deep-work blocks, and reschedules on the fly whenever plans change.
• Task Automation: Gathers tasks from emails, meetings, and messaging apps into a single global list and auto-schedules them into open time slots.
• Built-In Collaboration: Chat with teammates directly within tasks, docs, and projects—keeping discussions right where the work happens.

Ready to supercharge your productivity? Give Motion a try and let AI handle the heavy lifting! 🚀