Ollie, a privacy-focused AI assistant that connected to email and calendars, shuts down on 6 November

TechCrunch reports that Ollie, an AI assistant for families that connected to a user's email and calendar and helped with bookings, meal planning and bill payments, will shut down on 6 November. Its chief executive said it could not keep up as bigger assistants entered the market. Customers will be sent instructions to export their data and to get refunds in the coming days. Ollie was one of the first mainstream apps to pass the SOC 2 privacy audit.

• If you use Ollie, watch your inbox for the export and refund instructions, save your data before 6 November and then remove the app's access from your Google or Microsoft account settings.
• For any AI app that can read your email or calendar, check now that you can find the setting that disconnects it and the option to delete your data.

Source: TechCrunch. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Ollie, from its own announcement. How we source and credit