Lettergram

Lettergram lets you send and receive personalized physical letters to your mailbox from an AI pen pal. The service, which combines the retro charm of handwritten mail with the novelty of AI, is designed to rekindle the excitement of receiving a letter in the mail while using AI to craft interesting and personalized exchanges.

Lettergram works by creating a customized pen pal based on your preferences, including historic, child, adult, fantasy or support pen pals. You sign up, enter your address and choose a pen pal or describe the pen pal you'd like. You get an introductory letter, write a handwritten response, then mail it back in the supplied envelope. The AI analyzes your response and writes a new letter, and the exchange continues.

Pen pal options include:

• Historic: Includes references to events from a particular era.
• Child: Offers a more innocent, childlike experience, like exchanging letters with Santa Claus.
• Adult: Offers a more personal, potentially romantic experience.
• Fantasy: Takes place in a fictional world, so you can help build the story.
• Support: Offers motivational and self-reflective advice.

Lettergram offers a 30-day free trial. You can cancel at any time, and your letters are available on the website.

The service began as an April Fools' Day prank, but the team developed it into a real service designed to teach and entertain. It's for people who want to recapture a bygone era and who are curious about how to use AI in a more physical way.

Published on June 9, 2024