Coming soon · Private beta

Superhuman-grade speed. A fraction of the price.

Via is an AI-powered Gmail client built for people who move fast. Keyboard-first, read receipts, smart triage, calendar — wrapped in a liquid glass interface.

No spam. One email when Via opens to new users.

~19K
lines of code
Next.js 15
React 19 · TS strict
iOS 26
liquid glass aesthetic
What is Via

An inbox that moves at the speed of thought.

Email should be the tool you reach for first — not the app you dread. Modern inboxes are bloated with menus, nagging AI suggestions, and interfaces that treat a single keystroke like a multi-step form. Meanwhile, the people who ship the most work rely on keyboard shortcuts, read receipts, and clean triage. That shouldn't cost $30 a month.

Via is a Gmail client built around one principle: get out of your way. A liquid glass surface that disappears into the background. AI triage that only runs when you ask. Read receipts with geo and device breakdown when you need to close a deal. Calendar, keyboard navigation, snooze — the table stakes, done right, in a design that feels like the future.

Features

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Shipping today, in the private beta.

Inbox at speed

Threads, compose, full-text search, and a dense keyboard shortcut layer modeled after the tools power users already love.

Read receipts

See exactly when your emails are opened. Geographic breakdown, device type, and an engagement heatmap — built in, not bolted on.

Calendar, inline

View events, create invites, and RSVP without leaving the thread. Google Calendar is where Via lives.

Smart Triage

Press one key. GPT-4o-mini sorts your inbox into what matters and what doesn't — on-demand, never automatic.

Analytics dashboard

Open rates, geographic data, device breakdown, and a 30-day engagement heatmap. Know what's working.

Snooze

Pause a thread. Bring it back at 8am tomorrow, Monday morning, or a custom time. Your inbox — on your schedule.

Liquid glass UI

Translucent surfaces. 40px backdrop blur. An iOS 26 aesthetic, pulled through to the desktop. Light and dark mode, both dialed in.

Privacy-first

AES-256-GCM encrypted tokens. CSP headers. No data selling, ever. Revoke access and delete everything in one click.

Design

A surface that disappears.

Translucent panels, real depth, and typography that reads like a magazine.

Liquid glass, applied correctly.

Every panel in Via uses layered translucency — a frosted backdrop, a subtle inner highlight, and a hairline border that catches ambient light. The result is an interface that feels physical without ever getting in the way of the content.

  • ✓ Backdrop blur tuned per-surface, not one global value
  • ✓ Strict light and dark modes — no muddy "auto" middle
  • ✓ SF-inspired type with proper optical sizing
  • ✓ Motion that responds to hover, focus, and scroll
  • ✓ Honest contrast ratios — WCAG AA, not theatre
Compose
⌘ + K · Write new
To: sarah@acme.co
Subject: Quick thought on the launch plan

Hey Sarah — read your doc twice. Two ideas I think move the needle…

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Opened by Sarah Kim
Brooklyn, NY · iPhone · 2m ago
Coming soon

On the roadmap, building now.

Shipping regularly through the beta.

  1. Next up
    Attachments in compose
    Drag-and-drop, paste-to-attach, and inline image previews.
  2. Soon
    Schedule send
    Pick a time, in any timezone. Cancel up to the minute it leaves.
  3. Soon
    Recipient autocomplete
    Fuzzy matching against your Gmail contacts, ranked by recency.
  4. Near
    Custom keyboard shortcuts
    Rebind any action. Import schemes from Superhuman and Gmail.
  5. Near
    Signature editor
    Rich signatures with per-account control. Already plumbed in settings.
  6. Later
    Postgres migration
    Enterprise-grade persistence, multi-device sync, and audit logs.