Artie

Artie is an AI tool from Artisan, the company behind Ava and part of Y Combinator W24, that lets you build a team of AI employees for engineering, design, recruiting, marketing and operations. Each employee works on its own inside your company's apps and talks to people over text, voice and video.

Which AI employees does Artie offer?

There are ready-made roles: Gilfoyle, a software engineer who turns tasks into code ready for review; Nick, a recruiter who researches candidates and prepares hiring briefs; Peggy, a marketer who prepares campaign materials and follows up; Mona, a graphic designer who turns briefs into visual assets; and Artie, a chief of staff who handles research, follow-ups and everyday work. You can also create a digital twin that learns your preferences and takes on part of your workload.

How do they work with your human team?

Each employee has its own work computer and connects to 3,500+ tools through native integrations, APIs and MCP. They take requests over Slack, WhatsApp, email or text, can make and answer calls on their own number, and join Google Meet meetings. All of them learn from a shared company knowledge library, always within the access you grant.

Who is Artie for?

• Startups that want to hand off repetitive work without hiring.
• Teams already working in Slack who want to assign work like they would to a colleague.
• Operations leads who need constant follow-ups and admin handled.

Artie pros and cons

It stands out because the employees don't just wait for prompts: they take initiative and work across channels, including phone and video calls. On the downside, usage depends on how much work they do and is worth monitoring, and output on complex tasks still needs human review.