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BravoA letter from the founder
Brad Vogel
Founder & CEO
Washington, D.C.
May 8, 2026

Hi — I'm Brad, and this is Bravo.

AI is everywhere in 2026… except, somehow, where you actually need it. You open ChatGPT in a new tab, paste in content from another tab, ask your question, then copy the answer back to where you needed it.

If you've gone a bit further down the rabbit hole by keeping up with the treadmill of new AI releases, you probably have multiple subscriptions and still feel left behind.

AI shouldn't be another tab, another subscription, another tool you have to learn. It should just be there, in the places you already work.

After a decade of lessons learned building Mixmax, my last company, I was ready for my next chapter. For the past six months I've poured my heart into building Bravo: a Chrome extension built to solve these problems.

I know what you might be thinking: another AI tool? Bravo is different:

It lives where you work.

Reading a long article? Bravo summarizes it in place. Drafting a reply in Gmail? Bravo's your co-writer at your side. Organizing your calendar, researching, jotting down notes… Bravo is one click away. No tab to switch to. No new product to learn, no new product to learn you.

One memory, not ten.

Bravo learns who you are as you use it - projects you're working on, your professional network, your voice. It's not in the brain of AI Megacorp. It's yours to take with you at any time.

The best model for the job.

Bravo works across GPT, Claude, Gemini, and other leading models, and chooses the right combination for the task. That includes top-tier models locked behind $20+ "pro" plans elsewhere. When a new model is released, Bravo adopts it within days.

No markup pricing.

Starting at just $5 a month, which is usually enough for most people. Your $5 buys $5 of AI usage at cost, with detailed receipts. Run out mid-month? Buy more in $5 increments. Casual user? The free tier gives you about 20 questions a month.

I've also been deliberate about a couple of things from day one:

  • Security: Bravo is built with the security lessons I learned over a decade building Mixmax, which Fortune 500s trusted with their inboxes. Bravo was built to that security standard from day one with a SOC 2 audit already underway.
  • Transparency: Ask Bravo what it knows about you, and it tells you. You can ask it for sources at any time.

Bravo is my next chapter, and I'm grateful you're here at the beginning. Your feedback will shape what it becomes.

Yours,
Brad Vogel
Brad VogelFounder & CEO, Bravo AI
The Mixmax team at the 2019 off-site.
from the last chapter…
Brad Vogel working on Bravo in a San Francisco coffee shop.
…to the next