The Startup Ideas Podcast

How I use Lindy AI to run my life

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Apr 6, 2026
Flo Crivello, founder and CEO of Lindy, a startup building AI assistants for busy operators, gives a live look at how his tool runs his day. They dig into iMessage-based automation, two-minute setup, research and scheduling, CRM updates, voice calls, pricing, power users, and how Lindy stacks up against OpenClaw and Claude.
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Why Lindy Feels Like A Real Executive Assistant

  • Lindy Assistant is built as an opinionated AI executive assistant that proactively triages inboxes, drafts replies, briefs meetings, and surfaces issues without waiting for prompts.
  • Flo Crivello showed it caught a closed dinner restaurant, moved the invite nearby, and offered to confirm a free-slot meeting in the same morning brief.

Two Minute Setup Unlocks Deep Context Fast

  • Setup is intentionally minimal so Lindy starts useful immediately instead of forcing workflow design.
  • Flo Crivello said it only needs a phone number and Google account, then ingests email, Slack, Drive, and meeting data into memory so users can query past conversations.

Flo Uses Lindy As A Live Meeting Copilot

  • Flo Crivello uses Lindy during and after meetings to push decisions into Slack, Google Docs, and CRM workflows.
  • In one meeting he dictated a Slack follow-up for a missing teammate, then Lindy later created a Google Doc and sent it to the team.
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