Shortly AI
Defunct 2022; site now an unrelated multi-LLM waitlist product
Overview
The original ShortlyAI, a minimalist AI writing tool, shut down in 2022 after Jasper's acquisition. The domain now hosts an unrelated, pre-launch startup with the same name offering waitlist-only multi-LLM chat access.
Pricing
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Use cases
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Note: Shortly AI ceased operating in 2022, following the Jasper acquisition.
This entry describes a product that no longer exists in the form reviewed. ShortlyAI — the minimalist, keyboard-driven long-form writing tool built for distraction-free drafting — was acquired by Jasper in October 2022 and shut down within months, with no data-export path offered to users. As of mid-2026, shortlyai.com no longer points to that product at all: it now hosts a pre-launch landing page, copyrighted 2025 to an entity also called "ShortlyAI," offering a waitlist for a multi-LLM chat aggregator ("100 AI models, all in one") unrelated to the original writing tool's use case. No pricing, features, or launch date are public yet. This listing should be marked defunct and either removed or replaced once the new product actually ships and can be evaluated on its own terms — the current rt_score and prior verdict no longer apply to anything live.
What people say
There's nothing left to review here under the name that's listed. ShortlyAI — the distraction-free, slash-command writing tool that some writers preferred over Jasper's busier interface — was acquired by Jasper (then Jarvis) in October 2022. Within months it was shut down with no export tool and no migration path; accounts simply stopped working and the site redirected to Jasper's homepage. That's been the state of affairs for roughly four years now.
What sits at shortlyai.com today is not a revival of that product. It's a pre-launch landing page — copyright-dated 2025, no mention of Jasper anywhere — pitching an entirely different idea: a single subscription that gives access to "100 AI models," including GPT-5, Gemini, Claude, and Llama, aimed at marketers, students, and fiction writers under the tagline "chat with every AI model, pay less." The only call to action is a waitlist signup with email verification (and, oddly, a tic-tac-toe game to pass the time). No product is live, no pricing is posted, and no reviews exist yet because nobody outside a waitlist has used it.
Whether this new ShortlyAI is run by the same people as the original or is a fresh team that picked up an available, recognizable domain name isn't something the site discloses. Either way, this directory entry — built around a minimalist fiction-writing tool with Story Bible-style continuity features — describes a product that has been gone since 2022. It needs to be re-evaluated once (if) the new multi-LLM product actually launches, or pulled if the waitlist never converts into anything shipped.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
Notable facts
- Shortly AI was acquired by Jasper for an undisclosed sum in 2021 — one of the first AI writing company acquisitions, signalling the consolidation of the market.
- The minimalist interface was inspired by iA Writer, the distraction-free writing app, adapted for AI-assisted composition.
- Shortly's slash command system inspired the command interfaces now found in Notion, Linear, and many other SaaS products.
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About this listing
This entry was compiled from publicly available data including Shortly AI's official website, press releases, documentation, and reputable third-party publications. RECATOOLS is not affiliated with Shortly AI unless explicitly stated.
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