Who's asking
Every request gets an answer. Not every request gets your time.
Your desk sorts what comes in: a question, a meeting, an invitation or a pitch, and handles each the way you've set it up.
Partners and suppliers
Asked what they're proposing, why and by when. You get a brief and decide with one tap, and a polite “not now” goes out for you.
Media and podcasts
Outlet, audience, format, recording date and deadline, captured before you say yes.
Speaking invitations
Event, audience, date and budget band, with the date held while you decide.
Board, investors and key clients
On your private VIP list, they get their own windows, including protected time if you allow it.
“Quick calls”
Offered only in the windows you allow, within your daily and weekly caps. Nobody is told why a time isn't free.
Questions about you or the company
Answered from your approved bio, company facts and FAQs. Anything else comes to you.
A request that becomes a brief, not a meeting.
Pick a conversation. On the left is what the other person sees on your desk. On the right is your phone.
What the caller sees · 21:15
Eva is an AI assistant. Thabo decides every request personally.
Your phone · 06:50
Partnership proposal · Northline
Your “not this quarter” reply went out. Nothing was added to your diary.
An animated example. The people, organisations and fees are made up.
Read the three conversations as text
Speaking enquiry: Sam Naidoo (example)
- Organiser: Hi, is Sam available for a keynote on 11 March in Durban?
- Eva: 11 March is open. What's the event, and roughly how many people?
- Organiser: A leadership summit for about 450 people. What does a keynote cost?
- Eva: Sam's keynotes start at R45 000, plus travel from Johannesburg. Shall I pencil in 11 March while Sam reviews your brief?
- Organiser: Yes please.
- (Email verified with a one-time code)
- Eva: Done. 11 March is pencilled in for you for 72 hours. Sam confirms every booking personally.
- Email to the organiser: Good news: Sam has confirmed 11 March. Your calendar invite is attached.
- Your phone: Keynote · 11 March · Durban. You tap Accept. In your calendar, with travel blocked on 10 March.
Discovery call: Priya Govender (example)
- Prospect: Hi Priya, could we have a quick call this week about a pricing review?
- Eva: Happy to help. How big is the business, and what prompted the review?
- Prospect: About 120 people. Our margins slipped after the July price increase.
- Eva: Thanks. Priya has three times for a 30-minute discovery call: THU 14:00, FRI 10:00, FRI 15:30.
- Prospect: Friday 10:00, please.
- (Email verified with a one-time code)
- Eva: Booked: Friday 10:00 on Google Meet. Your invite is on its way, and Priya has your notes.
- Your phone: Discovery call · Friday 10:00. Booked into a window you allow. Your writing mornings stayed closed.
Partnership request: Thabo Mahlangu (example)
- Caller: Hi, could I get 30 minutes with Thabo this week? We'd like to propose a distribution partnership.
- Eva: Thabo reviews partnership proposals before setting up a meeting. Could you tell me your company, what you're proposing and when you need an answer?
- Caller: Northline Logistics. Last-mile delivery in Gauteng. We'd like to start a pilot in February and need an answer by month-end.
- Eva: Thank you. Your brief is with Thabo now, and you'll have an answer by email within three working days.
- Email to Northline: Thabo has read your proposal and won't take it further this quarter. Thank you for the detail. You're welcome to get in touch again in the new year.
- Your phone: Partnership proposal · Northline. You tap Decline. Your “not this quarter” reply went out. Nothing was added to your diary.
Your week, protected
Time for the work only you can do.
A weekly plan you approve
On Sunday evening a private planner proposes next week: time for your priorities, how many outside meetings, which mornings stay closed.
A Friday review
Hours spent on your priorities against your targets, meetings booked, requests received and what slipped.
Nobody can work out where you are
Questions probing for your whereabouts get generic answers, are rate-limited and are logged. Event details and places are never shared.
No without the awkward email
Decline with one tap and a reply template you wrote. The person hears back promptly and politely.
A pause switch
Off the grid or in the middle of a deal? One switch replaces your desk with a simple contact message.
A record of every decision
Every calendar write, rule change and decision goes into an audit log.
Founders and CEOs usually need Pro Desk: it includes the VIP list, holds, one-tap decisions and the weekly planner.
Your diary stays private
People see when you're free. Never why you're busy.
What visitors see
- Open times your weekly rules allow
- Your approved bio, topics, services and fee text
- The status of their own request
What they never see
- Who you're meeting, or where you are
- Your other enquiries and what they're worth
- Anything in your calendars, goals or VIP list
What it doesn't do, yet.
Better you hear it now than after you've applied.
- It doesn't read your inbox
- Diarised works from your desk link, website widget and QR code, not from your email. Requests that arrive by email still need you or your PA.
- No seats for your PA at launch
- Assistant seats, so a PA can approve requests and edit your profile, are planned for the first update after launch.
- Microsoft 365 through a link, for now
- Outlook and Microsoft 365 work through a busy-only calendar link, with invites by email. A direct connection is planned.
- Email alerts, not WhatsApp, at launch
- One-tap decisions come by email. WhatsApp alerts are planned for the first update.
Founding members
30 founding places in South Africa.
We're opening Diarised to a small group first, and setting up each desk with its owner.
You get
- 30% off for your first 12 months
- Your desk set up with you, not by a help article
- A direct line to the person building it
We ask
- A 30-minute onboarding interview
- Honest feedback once a month
- A case study, if it works for you
Questions
Questions people ask first.
Can it tell my board from a cold pitch?
Yes, if they're on your VIP list, by email address or company domain. A VIP verifies their email and is offered their own windows, including protected time if you allow it. Everyone else gets the standard windows, or is asked for a brief first.
Is Eva a real person?
No. Eva is an AI assistant and says so on your desk and in every email. You can give your assistant another name; it will still say it's an AI. Every decision stays with you.
Can people see my calendar?
Your public desk can't see your diary. It only gets the open times your weekly rules allow, never event names, attendees or places. See exactly what each part can see.
Which calendars work?
Google Calendar connects directly, and Diarised writes holds and bookings to its own calendar there. For Outlook, Microsoft 365 or Apple, you add a busy-only calendar link and Diarised sends invites by email. A direct Microsoft 365 connection is planned.
How do you stop fake bookings?
Before any booking or hold, the person verifies their email with a one-time code. Rate limits and conversation budgets stop anyone hammering your desk.
When can I start?
We're opening Diarised to 30 South African founding members first, in small groups. The public launch, with a 14-day free trial and no card needed, follows. Apply for a founding place.
Protect the week. Keep the door open.
Founding members get their desk set up with them, and 30% off for a year.