Keep your week on course.
Email, bills, appointments, school and family plans. FirstMate handles the routine stuff, reminds you before anything slips and checks with you before anything goes out.
- Runs in your own accountsWorks with the email and calendar you already use. No new apps to learn, and we don't keep copies of your email or files.
- You approve what goes outMessages, sign-ups and anything sent to another person wait for your OK.
- Optional in-house storageKeep the things you'd rather not leave your house on a small computer at home. Ask about Home Base.
Pulled 3 bills, a dentist reminder and a renewal notice out of 140 new emails. Drafted 2 replies.
Found 2 permission slips and a field trip fee. Both due dates are on the calendar.
3 bills are due this week and the HVAC filter is due Friday. Reminders are set.
An AI assistant, set up around your life.
You don't need to learn any new apps. We set it up on the email and calendar you already use, and it works quietly in the background. It asks you before anything goes to another person.
A kitchen-table talk
We sit down with you, in person or on a video call, and find what takes up your week. You get a short list of what to hand off first.
Set up in your accounts
We connect the assistant to the email and calendar you already use. Before anything's turned on, we show you what it can see and what it's allowed to do.
We stay on
We check in monthly and adjust it as your life changes. When you're ready, we add the next thing.
How pricing works. One setup fee, fixed in writing before we start. Then a flat monthly fee for your check-in and fixes. No hourly billing. Cancel anytime.
The stuff that eats your evenings.
A few of the jobs an AI assistant can take on. These are examples, not client stories. Pick one to watch a sample run.
Sound like your house? Book a 15-minute call and we'll tell you what we'd set up first.
Your information stays yours.
A personal assistant sees personal things: your email, calendar and bills, and school emails if you have kids. Here's how we set it up so you stay in charge.
Want it to stay in your house?
We can set your assistant up on a small computer in your home. Your history, notes and files are stored there, and the AI runs there too, so your data isn't processed or kept on our servers or an AI company's. You buy the computer, and it's yours.
Good to know: your email still arrives through Gmail or Outlook, and an at-home AI is best at sorting, calendars and reminders. We'll tell you on the call whether it's the right fit.
Find out what you could hand off.
Book a 15-minute call and tell us what eats your week at home. We'll tell you straight whether an assistant can take it on and where we'd start.
Send us the one chore that never ends.
We'll sketch how an assistant would handle it before you spend a dollar.
- Answer 5 quick questions about the chore and your apps. About 2 minutes, mostly taps.
- We sketch the assistant and show you what you'd approve.
- We go over it on a call. Set it up or pass.
A small local team, led by Joe Ascanio.
FirstMate is the personal side of Dockhand AI. Your setup is run by a small team that stays with you from the first talk through setup and after, led by Joe Ascanio.
Joe runs his own week on the same kind of assistant we set up for you, so he knows what's worth handing off and what isn't.
We're based around Lake Norman and happy to meet anywhere within about 100 miles of Charlotte.
Run a business? Dockhand AI builds the same kind of help for your team, from missed calls to client follow-ups. Same crew, business side.
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