About
Built by an assistant, for assistants
Firstme exists so that a virtual assistant can serve more clients without putting their judgement, or their client relationships, at risk.
Purpose
Why Firstme exists
Virtual assistants carry a large amount of repetitive coordination work: sorting inboxes, drafting routine replies, checking calendars, chasing status. Most of it is not unique to any one client.
Firstme is being built to handle that repetitive layer while every outgoing action stays behind the assistant’s approval. The assistant keeps the judgement and the relationship. Firstme does the preparation.
The AI proposes. The assistant decides.
The two sails in our logo say the same thing: the big blue one is you, and the small orange one is us.
Principles
What we hold to
- Human at the helm
- Nothing is sent or booked without the assistant’s confirmation.
- Drafts, not decisions
- Firstme prepares the work and shows what it is based on. The decision stays with you.
- Alongside, never instead
- Firstme works for assistants. It is not built to stand in for them.
- Say what is live
- This site separates what works today from what is planned, and dates the list.
Team
Who is building it
Adaora Igwebuike
Founder
Adaora founded Firstme after more than seven years as a virtual assistant for several companies. She leads its work with the assistants and agencies it is built for.
Status
What’s live and what’s next
Dated 10 November 2026. Quarters count from July 2026.
Live today
- A private beta, used only inside the Firstme team for now.
- In the beta, you give Firstme a company’s working information, such as documents, notes and preferences, and it keeps them in a searchable knowledge base.
- It then works alongside the assistant on that company’s tasks, and a person reviews its work before anything that cannot be undone.
- The beta does not connect to anyone’s email or calendar, and does nothing outside Firstme by itself.
- You can write to Adaora about your work, and opt in to the design-partner group.
Next
- Q4 2026. Inbox triage in the beta. Calendar proposals. A published trust and approval guide.
- Q1 2027. Agency plans with shared playbooks and admin controls.
- Later. The morning client digest. Learning your style from your edits. Follow-ups and invoice nudges. Integrations with common client tools.
Context
The market Firstme works in
Published estimates of this market vary widely, because analysts define it differently. The broader figures include AI assistants as well as human ones. They are shown side by side for context, and none of them is a Firstme figure.
USD 5.0 billion
The global market for virtual assistant outsourcing in 2024, as estimated by LP Information, which expects USD 8.3 billion by 2030.
| Segment | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual assistant outsourcing | USD 4,996 million in 2024, to USD 8,342 million by 2030 (8.9% a year) | LP Information, via MarketResearch.com (another site) |
| Virtual assistant services | USD 5.3 billion in 2025, to USD 43.4 billion by 2035 | Fact.MR (another site) |
| Virtual assistants, broad definition | USD 4.3 billion in 2024, to USD 16.3 billion by 2030 (24.9% a year) | Market Glass, formerly Global Industry Analysts (another site) |
| AI virtual assistants, software | USD 720 million in 2023, to USD 2.45 billion by 2030 (16.5% a year) | Valuates Reports, as reported by Speech Technology (another site) |
Company
Company details
- Status
- Firstme is not yet a registered company.
- Operated by
- Adaora Igwebuike
- Location
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Contact
- ada@firstme.pro
Tell Adaora how you work
Firstme is in private beta inside our team. Tell us how you work and we will write when there is a place for you.