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Think back to the last time you peeled open an envelope to find a handwritten letter. Maybe it was a heartfelt thank-you message for attending someone\u2019s wedding. Perhaps it was a note from a close friend traveling abroad. Whatever the reason, it feels good to get an actual letter in the mail, right?<\/p>\n
Now, you may never experience that feeling again without a jolt of paranoid suspicion. Introducing Handwrytten, a young AI company oozing with corporate-twee, peddling in a Rube Goldberg machine of automation that produces handwritten notes with zero emotional or physical effort: a large language model produces the content, and then a proprietary robot<\/a> inks it out onto stationary with unmatched \u201cspeed, quality, and realism.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn an age where we are all drowning in electronic communication, handwritten notes really stand out,\u201d the company\u2019s website reads, bragging that its robo-scrawl is \u201cvirtually indistinguishable from human writing.\u201d<\/p>\n From what can be gathered on its website, Handwrytten is primarily a business offering bulk, handwritten letters to other businesses. As cynical a ploy as that may be, it makes sense \u2014 any single person human enough to appreciate a handwritten letter probably isn\u2019t looking to automate the process.<\/p>\n Still, for those regular Joes who would like to expedite their letter-writing, Handwrytten offers three subscription tiers<\/a>: silver, which comes with 24 cards a month for $100; gold, which comes with 50 cards a month for $198; and platinum, which comes with 100 cards a month for a whopping $378.<\/p>\n \u201cI always want to send thank you cards, but I typically don\u2019t get around to it,\u201d a user identified as Sean McElhaney is quoted saying in the company\u2019s testimonials. \u201cUntil now. Handwrytten makes it so simply to send thank you cards, I have it on autopilot!\u201d<\/p>\n For that extra-personal touch, users can even upload their own handwriting into the forgery nexus, allowing the company\u2019s robots to ape your chicken scratch. \u201cAfter a one-time fee, your handwriting will be available wherever and however you use Handwrytten,\u201d the AI company declares.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s software even makes remembering birthdays a thing of the past, boasting that you can use its \u201cspecial birthday automation system to never miss a birthday again!\u201d<\/p>\n While Handwrytten might be the \u201coverall leader in the\u00a0handwritten notes\u00a0space,\u201d as it declares<\/a>, it\u2019s certainly not the only company of its kind. There are at least 10 other major competitors in the running, each with similarly-cloying names like \u201cLettrLabs,\u201d \u201cPostable,\u201d and \u201cCardly.\u201d<\/p>\n Thanks to these bold innovators, consumers can now enjoy all the authenticity of a handwritten letter with the sheer market efficiency of a bulk email blast. Who doesn\u2019t love progress?<\/p>\n