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Hero’s all-in-one, AI productivity app takes on Google’s Calendar and others

People often use multiple apps for notes, schedule management, and to-dos. But why not combine them all in one app? That's the ethos behind Hero, an

So far, the company has raised $4 million in seed funding from Instacart founder Max Mullen, Dropbox founder Arash Ferdowsi, Adobe’s Cheif Strategy Officer Scott Belsky, Meta’s VP of Messenger Ime Archibong, musical group the Chainsmokers, and venture firms including Neo and Abstract. He noted also that couples — because of social coordination features — and people who have just finished college and are looking for a fresh take on productivity are drawn to this app over things like Google Calendar. Hero is currently working to improve the voice interaction with an assistant, building a habits and goals tracker, and a feature to add events, to-dos, and notes from an image or a screenshot.

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