# EVY

> EVY is the free workspace for people and agents: a free Mac app that plans your work, hands tasks to AI agents such as Claude Code and Codex on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, and keeps your company's knowledge in one place.

## Pages

- [EVY: the free workspace for people and agents](https://evy.so/index.md): EVY plans your work, hands tasks to agents like Claude Code and Codex on your Mac, and keeps your company knowledge in one place. Free for your whole team, on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already have.
- [About EVY: brand facts, company and contacts | EVY](https://evy.so/about.md): EVY is a free Mac app for teams of people and AI agents, built by a small team in Europe and operated by Helix Studio OÜ, Tallinn. Price, platform, company, contacts and policies in one place.
- [AI chief of staff for founders and small teams | EVY](https://evy.so/ai-chief-of-staff.md): EVY is a free AI chief of staff for Mac. Each morning it asks what matters, splits your day across everything you run, sets your To-do and keeps every goal moving.
- [Company knowledge that builds itself, for any AI | EVY](https://evy.so/ai-knowledge-base.md): EVY collects what you save, read and discuss, sorts it into the right project and keeps it as context any AI agent can read. Plain files on your Mac. Free.
- [AI to-do list your agents work through | EVY](https://evy.so/ai-to-do-list.md): EVY is a free AI to-do list for Mac. It plans your tasks and hands them to Claude Code, Codex, Hermes or Aside, which work through them and bring back results you check.
- [Delete your EVY account | EVY](https://evy.so/delete-account.md): How to delete your EVY account and its data, for the EVY desktop app, web app and phone app by Helix Studio OÜ: what we delete, what we keep and for how long.
- [Get EVY free for Mac | EVY](https://evy.so/download.md): Download EVY, the free workspace for people and agents. Free for your whole team, runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already have. macOS for now.
- [Pricing: EVY is free | EVY](https://evy.so/pricing.md): EVY is free for you and your whole team. Its agents run on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for, so there is no second AI bill.
- [Privacy Policy | EVY](https://evy.so/privacy-policy.md): How EVY handles your data: what stays on your Mac, what EVY's servers in Germany store, which AI providers run EVY's features, and your rights.
- [Support | EVY](https://evy.so/support.md): Get help with EVY. Email help@evy.so for setup, agents, integrations or your data. A small team answers its own email.
- [Terms of Service | EVY](https://evy.so/terms-of-service.md): The terms for using EVY, the free workspace for people and agents: your account, your content, agents on your Mac and your own AI plans.
- [Free tools | EVY](https://evy.so/tools.md): Free tools from EVY, like the voice file generator that turns your writing into a voice.md any AI can follow.
- [Trust: where your data lives and who sees it | EVY](https://evy.so/trust.md): No sign-up, your notes as Markdown files on your Mac, servers in Germany, agents on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, and no training on your content. Each answer with its source.
- [Make Any AI Write Like You: Free voice.md Generator · EVY](https://evy.so/voice.md): Paste a few things you've written and get a free, downloadable voice.md file: your personal writing voice plus EVY's anti-AI humanization layer, so ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI stops sounding like a robot.

## Compare

- [Comparisons and rankings | EVY](https://evy.so/compare.md): AI models and tools compared side by side, including the best LLMs for writing, ranked weekly on three benchmarks.
- [Best AI for Business Work in 2026: Ranked on Real Task Benchmarks](https://evy.so/compare/best-ai-for-business.md): The best AI for business and knowledge work in 2026, ranked by one score built from GDPval-AA, AA-Briefcase, the Vals Finance Index and the Vals Legal Index. Cost per task included.
- [Best AI workspace for small teams in 2026, scored and ranked](https://evy.so/compare/best-ai-workspace.md): Nine AI workspaces for small teams scored on price, agents, planning, knowledge, voice, team work, platforms and integrations. Change the weights to match your team. Every score has its reason.
- [Best LLMs for Writing 2026: Creative, Copywriting & Content](https://evy.so/compare/best-llms-for-writing.md): The best LLMs for writing in 2026, ranked for creative writing, copywriting, and content. Scored on EQ-Bench, LMArena, and Artificial Analysis. Updated weekly.
- [EU AI Data Residency 2026: Which Providers Keep Your Data in Europe](https://evy.so/compare/eu-ai-data-residency.md): Which AI providers actually process and store data inside the EU, checked line by line against vendor documentation. Residency, retention, training use, and the exceptions each vendor writes down.
- [EVY vs Notion AI: price, agents and team voice compared | EVY](https://evy.so/compare/evy-vs-notion.md): EVY vs Notion AI compared for small teams: price for 12 people, whose AI does the work, agents, planning, team voice notes and EU data. Every Notion fact links to Notion.

## The AI at Work Fact Book

Statistics on knowledge work, each a range across primary studies with sources linked. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.

- [The AI at Work Fact Book: statistics on knowledge work and AI | EVY](https://evy.so/facts.md): Statistics on knowledge work and AI, each a range across primary studies with every source linked: time lost to searching, meetings and email, what AI saves on writing, support and coding, who uses AI at work, what teams trust it with, how small companies use it, and AI at work in Europe.
- [How does AI adoption differ by company size? (13–38 pts) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-adoption-by-company-size.md): Large firms are 1.4 to 3.2 times as likely to use AI as small firms, a gap of 13 to 38 points. Official statistics from the EU, US, UK and Canada, by size band.
- [How does AI use at work in Europe compare with the US? (7–17 pts) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-at-work-europe-vs-us.md): US workers lead European workers in AI use by 7 to 17 points in a same-question survey (2026). Why company figures don't compare, and how US firms use AI more widely.
- [How much faster do developers code with AI assistants? (21–26%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-coding-speed.md): Developers are about 21 to 26 percent faster with AI in company trials, but studies range from 19 percent slower to 56 percent faster. Five randomized studies, side by side.
- [How much more do customer support agents get done with AI? (14–15%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-customer-support-productivity.md): Support agents with an AI assistant resolved 14 to 15 percent more issues per hour in one firm's study; an Alibaba trial found 1 to 8 percent. Who gains, sources and misquoted figures.
- [How much do European firms care where their AI processes data? (53–66%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-data-protection-in-europe.md): 53 to 66 percent of European firms that engage with AI cite data protection as an obstacle, yet most German firms run US AI tools. Eurostat, Bitkom, BSI and TÜV, and DIHK.
- [How often is AI output wrong on real work tasks? (17–45%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-error-rates-at-work.md): 17 to 45 percent of AI answers had a hallucination or significant error in independent tests on legal and news questions. Summaries, whole projects and how fast rates change.
- [Does AI help less-experienced workers more than experienced ones? (27–46%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-helps-less-experienced-workers-more.md): On well-defined tasks, the newest or weakest workers gain 27 to 46 percent from AI and the strongest 0 to 17 percent. Where the pattern reverses, with sources.
- [How does AI investment in Europe compare with the US? (12–14×) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-investment-europe-vs-us.md): US private AI investment was 12 to 14 times Europe's in 2025 ($286bn against $21bn). Germany's share, firms investing in AI, and why EU pledges are not spending.
- [How many organizations have had a security incident or data breach involving AI? (21–29%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-security-breaches.md): 21 to 29 percent of organizations report a breach of or attack on their own AI systems; shadow AI was involved in 43 percent of breaches studied. IBM, Gartner, Microsoft and Cisco.
- [How many workers use AI in ways that break company policy? (30–44%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-use-against-company-policy.md): 30 to 44 percent of workers have used AI against company policy, and 56 percent without knowing if it was allowed. Employee reports, IT-leader estimates and policy gaps.
- [Who uses AI at work more, by age, education and income? (12–24 pts) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-use-by-age-education-income.md): College graduates are 12 to 24 points more likely to use AI at work; workers 50 and older trail by 4 to 20 points; high earners 83% against 34%. US and 47-country data.
- [Which EU countries' companies use AI the most and least? (5–42%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-use-by-eu-country.md): Between 5 percent (Romania) and 42 percent (Denmark) of EU companies used AI in 2025, EU average 20 percent. Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and the Nordics, with trend and generative AI.
- [Which occupations and industries use AI the most? (78–85%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-use-by-occupation-and-industry.md): About 78 to 85 percent of US tech workers use AI for work, against about 20 percent in hands-on service jobs. Rankings by occupation and industry in the US and EU.
- [How much faster do people finish writing tasks with AI, and is the work better? (25–40%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/ai-writing-speed-and-quality.md): With AI, professionals finished defined writing tasks 25 to 40 percent faster and graders rated the work 18 to 34 percent better. Experiments, the field-trial contrast and misquoted figures.
- [How many workers use AI tools their employer did not provide, and how many hide it? (50–78%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/bring-your-own-ai.md): 50 to 78 percent of AI-using workers use tools their employer did not provide, and 48 to 61 percent are reluctant to disclose or have hidden their use. Shadow AI, with sources.
- [How often do people check AI output before using it? (41–44%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/checking-ai-output.md): About 41 to 44 percent of AI users use the output without routine checking, and 56 percent have made a mistake at work because of AI. Self-reports and observed behavior.
- [How often do employees put company data into public AI tools? (42–48%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/company-data-in-public-ai.md): 42 to 48 percent of workers say they have put company data into public AI tools. What vendor monitoring measures, and how much AI use runs through personal accounts.
- [How many employers provide AI tools, guidance or training to staff? (42–49%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/employers-providing-ai-tools.md): 42 to 49 percent of workers say their employer provides AI tools, but only 25 to 40 percent report a clear AI plan or policy. Firm counts for the EU and US, and training.
- [How ready are European companies for the EU AI Act? (28%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/eu-ai-act-readiness.md): 28 percent of companies say they understand the EU AI Act's requirements; 71 percent of German firms feel poorly informed. Compliance steps, the deadlines in force since July 2026, and AI training.
- [Europe: statistics on AI at work in Europe | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/europe.md): Chapter 6 of The AI at Work Fact Book. AI at work in Europe: use by country for companies and workers, the gap with the US, how workers feel, readiness for the AI Act, data protection and investment.
- [Europe, on one sheet | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/europe/sheet.md): Europe on one poster: 7 numbers from The AI at Work Fact Book, each with its sources printed on the sheet. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.
- [How do European workers feel about AI at work? (48–86%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/european-attitudes-to-ai-at-work.md): 48 to 86 percent of Europeans view AI at work positively by country (EU 62 percent), 72 to 82 percent want workplace rules, and two thirds expect job losses. Eurobarometer, ECB and Bitkom.
- [What share of workers in each EU country use generative AI for work? (9–37%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/genai-use-for-work-by-eu-country.md): Between 9 percent (Romania) and 37 percent (Netherlands) of EU workers used generative AI for work in 2025, EU 22 percent. Country figures and the newer 2026 surveys.
- [Is there a gender gap in AI use at work, and how large is it? (5–16 pts) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/gender-gap-in-ai-use.md): Men use generative AI more than women by 5 to 16 points, about 16 to 22 percent more likely. How the gap changes in the same job, and which figures are outdated.
- [What share of workers use generative AI at work? (40–50%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/share-of-workers-using-ai.md): About 40 to 50 percent of US workers use generative AI for their job (2026), and 14 to 15 percent use it daily. Gallup, Pew, St. Louis Fed and EU figures, with sources.
- [How many hours do small business owners work, and how much goes to admin? (45–52 h) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/small-business-owner-hours.md): Small business owners work about 45 to 52 hours a week, roughly 10 more than employees, and admin takes 22 to 36 percent of their time. Eurostat and owner surveys.
- [What share of small businesses use AI, and for what? (20–46%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/small-businesses-using-ai.md): 20 to 46 percent of small businesses use AI, mostly for writing and marketing; vendor surveys report 66 to 77 percent. Official counts, owner surveys and what small firms pay for AI.
- [How much of the economy do small companies make up? (96–99%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/small-companies-share-of-economy.md): Companies under 50 people are 96 to 99 percent of businesses and employ 26 percent of US employer-firm workers and 47 to 48 percent in the EU and UK. Official statistics.
- [Do small firms that use AI see gains? (65–78%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/small-firms-gains-from-ai.md): 65 to 78 percent of AI-using small firms say AI raised productivity, about 3 in 10 report higher sales, and 96 percent saw no job change. Self-reports, official data and two trials.
- [Small Teams: statistics on small businesses and AI | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/small-teams.md): Chapter 5 of The AI at Work Fact Book. How companies of 2 to 50 people work and use AI: their share of the economy, AI adoption and the gap with large firms, what stops them, what they gain and how long owners work.
- [Small Teams, on one sheet | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/small-teams/sheet.md): Small Teams on one poster: 6 numbers from The AI at Work Fact Book, each with its sources printed on the sheet. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.
- [Which work tasks do people want AI to do on its own, and which do they want to keep? (2–12%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/tasks-workers-want-ai-to-do.md): About 2 percent of workers want AI to work fully on its own, and up to 12 percent want it to lead. Which tasks people hand to AI and which they keep, with Stanford and KPMG data.
- [How many hours a week do people spend in meetings, and how much of it is wasted? (3–18 h) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/time-in-meetings.md): Office workers spend 3 to 18 hours a week in meetings, managers about 22, and judge a third to two thirds of it unproductive. Primary sources, plus status meetings.
- [How much time do people lose switching between apps at work? (3–4 h) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/time-lost-switching-apps.md): People lose about 3 to 4 hours a week reorienting after switching apps. How many switches and apps a day, with sources and method.
- [How much of the work week do knowledge workers spend on email and chat? (13–28%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/time-on-email-and-chat.md): Email takes 13 to 28 percent of the work week, and Teams chat another 19 percent of measured time in Microsoft 365. Five primary studies, sources and method.
- [How much of the work day goes to coordinating work rather than doing it? (53–61%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/time-on-work-about-work.md): Knowledge workers spend 53 to 61 percent of their time coordinating work instead of doing skilled work. Four independent creators, sources and method.
- [How much time does AI save knowledge workers? (3–5.4%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/time-saved-by-ai-at-work.md): Workers who use AI say it saves 3 to 5.4 percent of their work hours, about 1 to 2 hours a week. Self-reports, all-worker figures and the measured evidence, with sources.
- [How much time do people spend redoing work that already exists? (4.6–5.7 h) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/time-spent-duplicating-work.md): Workers lose about 4.6 to 5.7 hours a week, 10 to 14 percent of the week, to duplicated work. Primary sources, country differences and misquoted figures.
- [How much of the work week do knowledge workers spend searching for information? (19–25%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/time-spent-searching-for-information.md): Knowledge workers spend 19 to 25 percent of the work week, about 9 to 10 hours, searching for information. Five primary studies, sources and method.
- [How long does it take to get back to a task after an interruption? (20–26 min) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/time-to-resume-after-interruption.md): It takes about 20 to 26 minutes to get back to an interrupted task, from observed field studies. Where the 23-minute figure comes from, and how often people are interrupted.
- [How much do workers trust the output of AI tools at work? (24–53%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/trust-in-ai-output.md): 24 to 53 percent of workers trust AI output at work, depending on the definition; only 7 percent of developers trust it for important decisions. KPMG, Stack Overflow and Google DORA.
- [What AI Saves: statistics on time saved with AI at work | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/what-ai-saves.md): Chapter 2 of The AI at Work Fact Book. What AI changes in knowledge work, measured in trials and surveys: time saved, writing, customer support, coding, who gains most and when AI makes work worse.
- [What AI Saves, on one sheet | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/what-ai-saves/sheet.md): What AI Saves on one poster: 6 numbers from The AI at Work Fact Book, each with its sources printed on the sheet. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.
- [What stops small companies from adopting AI? (54–63%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/what-stops-small-companies-adopting-ai.md): 54 to 63 percent of small firms with no AI plans say AI does not apply to them; knowledge and privacy follow, and cost is cited by 6 to 16 percent. Census, Federal Reserve, OECD and Eurostat.
- [What Teams Trust: statistics on trust in AI at work | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/what-teams-trust.md): Chapter 4 of The AI at Work Fact Book. What people trust AI to do, and what they check: trust in AI output, checking, error rates, what people hand over, policy breaches, company data and AI-related breaches.
- [What Teams Trust, on one sheet | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/what-teams-trust/sheet.md): What Teams Trust on one poster: 7 numbers from The AI at Work Fact Book, each with its sources printed on the sheet. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.
- [What do people use AI for at work? (40–52%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/what-workers-use-ai-for.md): About half of AI-using workers use it for writing or editing, and about half for search; coding is 13 to 27 percent. Surveys and usage logs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Microsoft.
- [When does AI make work slower or worse? (14–25%) | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/when-ai-makes-work-worse.md): On tasks AI handles poorly, controlled studies find results 14 to 25 percent worse. Rework, software delivery and misquoted figures, with sources.
- [Where the Week Goes: statistics on lost work time | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/where-the-week-goes.md): Chapter 1 of The AI at Work Fact Book. How knowledge workers lose time before the real work starts: searching, coordinating, meetings, interruptions, email, app switching and duplicated work.
- [Where the Week Goes, on one sheet | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/where-the-week-goes/sheet.md): Where the Week Goes on one poster: 7 numbers from The AI at Work Fact Book, each with its sources printed on the sheet. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.
- [Who Uses AI at Work: statistics on AI use at work | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/who-uses-ai-at-work.md): Chapter 3 of The AI at Work Fact Book. Who uses AI at work, how often and for what: adoption, uses, jobs and industries, age and education, gender, bringing your own AI, and what employers provide.
- [Who Uses AI at Work, on one sheet | The AI at Work Fact Book](https://evy.so/facts/who-uses-ai-at-work/sheet.md): Who Uses AI at Work on one poster: 7 numbers from The AI at Work Fact Book, each with its sources printed on the sheet. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.
- [facts.json](https://evy.so/facts.json): Every fact with its range, confidence and sources as JSON

## Full Content

- [llms-full.txt](https://evy.so/llms-full.txt): Complete content of all pages in a single file