Revolutionizing Productivity: How The Librarian is Bringing AI Executive Assistants to WhatsApp
- Samantha Wells
- Oct 22
- 2 min read
Updated: 4 hours ago
What does The Librarian do?
The Librarian is an AI-powered executive assistant designed for business owners, founders, and professionals. Operating directly within WhatsApp, it automates daily workflows, manages tasks, schedules meetings, and integrates with essential business tools, delivering hands-free productivity and proactive support anytime, anywhere.
The Current Landscape and The Librarian
The productivity and AI assistant space is rapidly evolving, with a surge of tools promising to streamline work. However, most solutions remain tied to email, web dashboards, or require users to adapt to new platforms. Competitors like Motion, Reclaim, and x.ai focus on calendar automation, while others like Superhuman and Clara target email productivity. Despite these advances, few have cracked the code on meeting users where they already work, especially in markets where WhatsApp is the dominant communication channel. The industry is also seeing a shift toward more context-aware, proactive AI, but many offerings still lack deep integrations and real-time, conversational interfaces.
The Birth Story of The Librarian
The Librarian was born out of a simple observation: busy professionals, especially in Southeast Asia and emerging markets, live on WhatsApp. The founders, with decades of experience in technology and product development, noticed that existing productivity tools were either too complex, too US-centric, or failed to integrate seamlessly with the messaging platforms people actually use. Frustrated by the friction of switching between apps and the lack of a truly personal, always-available assistant, the team set out to build an AI executive assistant that feels as natural as texting a friend.
The Librarian Solution
The Librarian delivers a 24/7 AI executive assistant experience directly inside WhatsApp, eliminating the need for new apps or complicated onboarding. Users can schedule meetings, set reminders, generate LinkedIn posts, open GitHub tickets, and even receive personalized morning and pre-meeting briefs - all through simple chat or voice commands. Unlike competitors, The Librarian prioritizes deep integrations with business tools like Google Calendar, LinkedIn, GitHub, and Zoom, and is designed to be hands-free, mobile-first, and context-aware.
What sets The Librarian apart is its relentless focus on user experience and privacy. All data is encrypted, never used for AI training, and users retain full control. The platform’s proactive features, such as pre-meeting briefs and workflow automation, have been described by users as “a life saver” and “like having a real executive assistant in your pocket.” Since launch, The Librarian has gained strong traction, reaching the Top 3 on Product Hunt and attracting nearly 20,000 users across Southeast Asia, the US, and beyond. The vision is to become the go-to AI assistant for business owners and teams globally, enabling anyone to automate work and reclaim time without changing the way they communicate.
The Librarian Customer Story
A real estate agent in Singapore, overwhelmed by back-to-back meetings and client follow-ups, started using The Librarian to manage her daily schedule. By simply sending voice notes on WhatsApp, she now receives instant meeting briefs, automated reminders, and can even post updates to LinkedIn without leaving her chat. The result: more time spent with clients, less time on admin, and a noticeable boost in productivity.
