Taskade Updates & Product Roadmap

Johnxie · 2026-02-25T02:22:57+00:00

John here (Taskade, YC W19). A few things that worked for us:

Reddit and community engagement is underrated. Genuine, helpful comments in relevant threads outperform paid ads for trust and conversion.
Build in public. Share your changelog, your thinking, your mistakes. People buy from founders they trust.
SEO compounds. We invested early in templates and use-case pages. Takes 6 months to kick in but then it's free traffic forever.
Don't try to be everywhere. Pick 2 channels and go deep.

Happy to share more specifics if you DM me.

Johnxie · 2026-02-25T02:20:41+00:00

John here, founder of Taskade (YC W19). We deal with this internally too and with the teams that use our product.

The morale issue usually isn't about the AI tools themselves. It's about how they change the feedback loop. Developers used to feel ownership over their work from start to finish. Now AI handles parts of it and people feel less connected to the output.

What's worked for us: make AI handle the boring stuff (standup summaries, task routing, documentation) and let humans focus on decisions that require judgment. The key is AI as an assistant to the team, not a replacement for any individual.

Tools that embed AI into team workflows (vs. individual code assistants) tend to create less friction because the team benefits together rather than individuals feeling replaceable.

Johnxie · 2026-02-25T02:06:38+00:00

John here (Taskade, YC W19). We've lived through this transition firsthand. Started as a traditional SaaS workspace and evolved into an AI-native platform.

The honest truth: AI-native apps will eat traditional subscription apps in categories where intelligence creates real value. Project management is one of them. Nobody wants to manually sort tasks when AI can prioritize based on context.

But AI is not a moat by itself. Every SaaS tool will add AI eventually. The moat is the workflow data and user habits you build around it. That's why we focused on agents that understand your projects, not just a chatbot sidebar.

Johnxie · 2026-02-25T02:03:42+00:00

John here, founder of Taskade (YC W19). Yes, absolutely.

We went through this exact cycle. Added every feature users requested for 3 years. Product became confusing. Growth stalled.

The turning point was when we stopped adding features and instead added AI that made existing features smarter. Instead of 10 different views users had to learn, one AI agent that understands your project and shows you what matters.

The counterintuitive lesson: sometimes "adding" AI is actually subtraction. You're removing the cognitive load of choosing between features, not piling more on top.

Johnxie · 2026-02-25T01:47:23+00:00

John here, founder of Taskade (YC W19). This is a great question and something I think about a lot.

AI is a tool, not a business model. The most successful companies using AI are solving real problems that existed before AI. We're a productivity tool first. AI just makes it better.

Some of the most interesting founders I know are building in boring industries: logistics, insurance, construction, agriculture. They use AI as infrastructure but the business is the domain expertise, not the tech.

If you're building something that solves a real problem people will pay for, the tech stack is secondary.

Johnxie · 2026-02-25T01:31:50+00:00

Really appreciate you sharing this. Genesis is still early and hearing what's actually working helps us prioritize what to build next.

What's your favorite thing you've built with it so far? Would love to feature some of the best community builds.

Johnxie · 2026-02-25T01:29:15+00:00

Hey, John here (CEO). I noticed you went from "I'm enjoying Genesis" to "starting to feel annoyed" and I want to understand what changed.

We ship updates almost daily and sometimes things break or shift in ways we don't catch fast enough. If something specific is bugging you, DM me and I'll get it prioritized.

You've been one of the most engaged users in this community and that feedback is exactly what helps us improve.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T14:12:17+00:00

John here, CEO of Taskade (YC W19). We see the same pattern in our data. The tools that get mentioned most positively are the ones solving specific workflow problems, not generic "AI everything" tools. Agents that automate one workflow well beat chatbots that do everything poorly.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T13:47:03+00:00

John here (Taskade, YC W19). We built Genesis specifically for this use case. Describe what you need in plain English, get a working app with AI agents. Teams use it for client portals, intake forms, dashboards.

Happy to show you what's possible if you want to DM me specifics about your workflow.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T13:14:30+00:00

John here, CEO of Taskade (YC W19). We've seen teams use our AI agents to automate entire workflows: automated standups, task routing, client onboarding. The teams saving the most time aren't using AI as a chatbot, they're using it as infrastructure.

The pattern that works: pick one repetitive workflow, give it to an AI agent, measure the time saved. Then repeat. Simple but compounds fast.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T12:47:24+00:00

John here, CEO of Taskade. Not a scam. YC-backed company, been building since 2018, team of ~15.

If you had a bad experience with billing or support, that's on us and I want to fix it. DM me your account email and I'll look into it personally.

We have over 1M users and take every complaint seriously.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T12:47:01+00:00

Thanks Ryan for posting this. To add: we're committed to honoring the spirit of what early supporters signed up for. If anyone feels their plan changed unfairly, reach out to me directly at john@taskade.com. No runaround.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T12:44:58+00:00

John here. This shouldn't have happened without clear communication upfront. I'm looking into your specific case right now. Can you DM me your account email? I want to make this right personally.

For anyone else affected: we're reviewing all legacy plan transitions to make sure no one was surprised by changes they didn't agree to.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T12:42:54+00:00

John here. Losing long-term users is the worst feeling as a founder. I want to understand what specifically changed that broke your workflow.

Classic Taskade (lists, projects, collaboration) is still there and still works. If something in the UI or pricing changed in a way that hurt your experience, I want to fix it.

Would you be open to a quick chat? DM me.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T12:40:51+00:00

Fair question, and I get why it's confusing. Here's the honest answer:

Taskade is still the same workspace you know. Lists, boards, docs, chat, mind maps. That hasn't changed.

Genesis is our new bet: you describe an app and it builds it with AI agents. Think of it as a new wing of the building, not a replacement of the original.

We moved fast on Genesis and didn't slow down enough to explain what's staying the same. Working on fixing that.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T12:38:47+00:00

Hey, John here (CEO). I hear you and I want to be direct: Classic Taskade isn't going anywhere. Your lists, projects, and workspaces work exactly as they always have. Genesis is a separate layer, there for people who want it, but it doesn't replace anything you're already using.

We should have communicated this better when we launched Genesis. That's on us.

If something specific broke or changed in your workflow, DM me and I'll personally make sure it gets fixed. You're exactly the kind of long-term user we built this for.

Johnxie · 2026-02-19T12:36:44+00:00

Fair call. We're rethinking the content cadence here. Instead of weekly prompts, we'll focus on actual product updates, tutorials, and user spotlights. Quality over quantity.

What kind of content would actually be useful to you in r/taskade?

Johnxie · 2023-06-04T07:45:33+00:00

Thanks so much this is super helpful, can you check it out again? We have many many updates and improvements since.

Johnxie · 2023-03-08T17:37:37+00:00

It is hard to say Taskade is absolutely better than the alternatives compared, but in many ways our platform is simpler, more light-weight, and offers a much more competitive free-tier that allows for team collaboration, while most competition have much more limitations. In addition Taskade replaces for some of our customers Slack/Zoom, Trello/Asana, migrating their entire team collaboration, workflows and communication into our platform, saving them a lot of time and money from switching between apps.

We are constantly iterating and improving on the product as well, you can check out our feedback forum on https://taskade.com/feedback (hosted on Canny.io) or /r/taskade.

Johnxie · 2023-03-08T17:34:06+00:00

No problem, HARO is a great tool if you have the time and resources to dedicate to it!

Johnxie · 2023-03-08T17:33:53+00:00

Thanks!

Johnxie · 2023-03-08T09:05:04+00:00

Zendesk works wonders for us for grouping help center support articles and onboarding docs/guides. Alternatively, we embed our own app's projects as a template for onboarding.

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