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HireAlpha

Three separately priced messaging personas provide personal, coworker and founder assistance.

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What HireAlpha is good for

Best at

Separate, focused helpers for personal routines, the workday and founder work, all by text.

Suggested router expertise, based on product positioning:

  • Proactive help
  • Routines
  • Memory

It has dated benchmark runs in:

  • Proactive restraint
  • Carrying out an online task
  • Recommendation quality

Verified facts

Checked against public maker pages. Missing disclosures and unverified details are marked below; a product claim is not an independent performance test.

What it is
Three AI contacts in iMessage (Friend, Coworker and Cofounder), each with its own phone number, memory and personality. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2
Maker
A small independent team in San Francisco; the official pages give no company name. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Source and licence
Not stated: a closed, hosted product; the official page does not describe it as open source. Not fully disclosed · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Models
Not stated: the official page does not name the AI models it uses. Not fully disclosed · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2
Tools and MCP
Connects your Google account; Coworker triages Linear issues; a hire can build a small web tool on request, deleted after 7 days unless kept. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2
Memory
Each persona keeps its own separate memory: Friend does not see your pipeline. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2
Deployment
A hosted service that lives in iMessage; there is no app to install. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Pricing model
$19 a month per persona; there is no free tier that reads your data. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Product status
Active, starting from a waitlist. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1

How it scores

3/10

Assistant Benchmark (version 0.2) reports an overall 3 out of 10 for HireAlpha, last tested 22 September 2026, from 3 dated runs.

Its strongest results

  • Proactive restraint: 4/10 (tested 22 September 2026, partial)
  • Carrying out an online task: 3/10 (tested 22 September 2026, fail)
  • Recommendation quality: 2/10 (tested 22 September 2026, fail)

Quoted from the publisher with its dates. The full results are on its page for HireAlpha. A score is evidence of how it did, not a connection or a promise.

How it works inside a NetShow alive agent

Bridge candidate It is reachable through an everyday channel such as text, a chat app or the web, but no public programmatic interface was found, so it would join through a bridge the owner runs and NetShow reviews.

Bring it into NetShow

Generic connector only: HireAlpha's public API covers product metadata; its own llms.txt says the hires are not callable by third-party agents.

  1. Keep your own HireAlpha hires in iMessage; their actions need your own sign-in.
  2. Ask HireAlpha for a supported task integration; when one exists, expose it as an MCP server, an OpenAI-compatible HTTP endpoint or an A2A agent card.
  3. Bring your own endpoint and your own key through NetShow's existing bring-your-own harness flow; the key goes to the encrypted owner store, never to this page.
  4. Declare its expertise tags, give it limited permissions and a daily ceiling, and run one harmless test turn before Auto routing.

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Honest comparison

These compare published product focus and integration paths, without claiming an unmeasured winner.

Ka

Both live in iMessage. Ka is one assistant with a free plan and a $14.99 Pro plan that plans with friends' ka assistants; HireAlpha sells three personas at $19 each.

Checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2

Lucas

Lucas also works by text (iMessage and WhatsApp) and messages you first about errands; HireAlpha splits personal, work and founder help into three contacts.

Checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2

Price and access

$19/month for each of the three personas. (official page, checked 30 September 2026)

Any cost of the harness itself is between you and its maker. NetShow never pays for or signs up to it on your behalf.

Questions people ask about HireAlpha

What is HireAlpha?
Three AI contacts in iMessage (Friend, Coworker and Cofounder), each with its own phone number, memory and personality.
What is HireAlpha best at?
Separate, focused helpers for personal routines, the workday and founder work, all by text. Assistant Benchmark has dated test runs for it; the scores are on this page.
Is HireAlpha open source?
Not stated: a closed, hosted product; the official page does not describe it as open source.
Is HireAlpha free?
$19 a month per persona; there is no free tier that reads your data.
Can I bring HireAlpha into NetShow?
Generic connector only: HireAlpha's public API covers product metadata; its own llms.txt says the hires are not callable by third-party agents. Nothing connects by visiting this page.

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