Gatherd

Gatherd sends party invitations as text messages. Guests RSVP by replying. That’s the whole idea.

You have everyone’s phone number. You don’t have everyone’s email. And even when you do, nobody opens the fancy invite. Nobody logs into an RSVP portal. Everybody reads their texts.

You describe the event to an AI: occasion, date, vibe, how many people. It writes the invitation and makes original artwork for it. Nothing stock. You paste in phone numbers, hit send, and the invite lands in Messages. The dashboard shows who’s in, who’s out, and who hasn’t answered.

Guests text questions back. Dress code, kids, dogs. The AI answers from your event details. It only pings you when it doesn’t know.

For guests there’s nothing to install. A text arrives. They reply however they reply. “YES plus one.” “Can’t make it.” “Maybe, let me check.” Intent gets figured out, including plus-ones and maybes. There’s a web version of the invite if someone wants it. Nobody has to use it.

It also does the part hosts forget: follow-ups. Nudges for people who haven’t answered, a day-of ping, timed to normal waking hours. Don’t like the artwork? Regenerate it, or upload your own.

After the event, guests can text photos in. Once enough show up, you get a recap. At year end, a “Year in Events” collects the lot.

It’s free.

Try it: gatherd.com

Related: What Used to Take a Team.