Sentience vs Viktor
Should I use Sentience or Viktor?
Choose Sentience to stay on top of what matters to you. It goes through your connected sources, surfaces messages that need your attention and drafts email replies in your voice. It also helps you develop ideas and discover things that fit your interests. Viktor handles assigned tasks as a shared AI employee in Slack or Teams. Use Sentience to write, develop ideas and keep up with conversations. Share it when collaborators need your input.
At a glance
| Workflow | Sentience | Viktor |
|---|---|---|
| What it handles | Recall decisions and commitments, prepare for meetings and draft replies in your voice. Share your Sentience when teammates need answers. | Tasks assigned to a shared AI employee in Slack or Teams. |
| What it remembers | Your connected email, messages, meetings, documents and work history. | Channel conversations, connected tools, individual preferences and shared company skills. |
| How teammates use it | Ask your Sentience in the places you enable, using the sources you choose to share. | Assign work in Slack or Teams. Admins manage access and tool connections. |
| Approvals | Requests can come back to you with a reply to approve, edit or decline. | Configured tool actions require approval. Other tools can run automatically. |
Catch up and clear the replies
Ask your Sentience to find conversations where someone is waiting on you. It can look up what you agreed to and prepare replies in your voice. Review the drafts and approve the ones you want sent.
Choose Sentience for help that follows your interests as well as your inbox. It can bring you useful discoveries and follow-ups before you ask, prepare replies in your voice and let teammates ask about the work you choose to share.
Let your team ask another you
Your team keeps asking what you agreed to, why something changed and what comes next. Your Sentience can find the relevant conversations and answer where you enable sharing.
Requests that need you can come back with a draft reply. Review it, make the call and move on.
Share the history behind your answers
Viktor can prepare reports, use connected tools, build internal applications and remember preferences and company knowledge.
Choose Sentience when the work depends on what you know. Your connected conversations and commitments give teammates a way to ask about decisions you have already made.
Start with one unanswered message
Connect your email and calendar. Ask your Sentience to find the history behind an unanswered thread and draft your reply. When others need the same answers, choose what to share and give them access.
Frequently asked questions
What can Sentience take off my plate without me assigning a task?
Sentience goes through your connected sources, brings important messages to your attention and drafts replies in your voice. It can also prepare you for upcoming meetings and surface useful reading or opportunities tied to your interests. You have something to act on when you open it.
Can my team get an answer while I am in another meeting?
Yes. Teammates can ask your Sentience in Slack or through a shared web link. It uses the sources you have enabled there to answer questions about customer promises, project history and past decisions. A request that needs your involvement can come back with a draft reply.
Is Sentience useful if I work on my own?
Yes. Use it to write a difficult email, think through an idea or recover a decision you made months ago. Your conversations and interests give it a starting point, and its suggestions help you catch things you might otherwise miss. Sharing is optional.
Start with something on your mind
Connect your email and calendar to get started. Sentience uses them to show you what needs your attention, prepare you for meetings and draft replies in your voice. Bring an idea, ask a question or record your thoughts. Share your Sentience when others need answers too.