Raycast
has
become
one
of
the
best
power-user
Mac
tools
over
the
last
few
years.
What
started
as
a
launcher
—
sort
of
a
faster
and
better
version
of
Apple’s
own
Spotlight
tool
—
has
become
a
way
to
interact
with
apps,
manage
windows,
chat
with
AI,
and
much
more.
It’s
kind
of
a
modern
take
on
a
command
line,
both
in
how
powerful
it
can
be
and
in
how
challenging
it
can
be
to
get
used
to.
Now
the
company
is
branching
out:
Raycast
just
announced
it’s
planning
to
bring
its
app
to
both
Windows
and
iOS
in
the
coming
months.
Both
are
already
in
progress,
Raycast
co-founder
and
CEO
Thomas
Paul
Mann
tells
me,
and
the
plan
is
to
ship
sometime
next
year.
The
Windows
version
should
look
and
work
mostly
like
the
Mac
app,
Mann
says,
and
if
anything,
Windows
will
give
the
app
more
access
to
control
more
things.
He
also
thinks
Windows
is
the
more
important
launch
here:
“It
reaches
the
rest
of
the
market,
right?”
he
says.
“I
think
it’s
pretty
exciting,
to
redefine
what
it
would
mean
to
use
a
Windows
machine.”
Translating
the
app
to
mobile,
though,
will
be
harder.
“You
want
to
be
system-wide
integrated,”
Mann
says,
“but
there
aren’t
many
ways
you
can
do
that.
You
need
to
get
a
bit
creative.”
For
now,
he
says
the
company
is
thinking
of
Raycast
for
iOS
as
more
like
a
companion
app
than
a
fully-featured
launcher,
and
he
says
the
mobile
app
is
likely
to
be
more
visual
and
more
proactive
rather
than
Raycast’s
traditional
all-purpose
text
box.
Mann
compares
Raycast
to
an
operating
system
inside
of
your
operating
system.
“It
ships
with
the
fundamentals,
and
then
layers
on
top
actual
apps
that
you’re
going
to
use
for
your
daily
work,”
he
says.
Raycast
has
built
both
deep
integrations
with
other
apps
and
a
few
apps
of
its
own,
including
for
notes
and
AI
chat,
and
Mann
thinks
the
company
can
do
more
to
put
all
that
together
with
the
other
parts
of
your
device.
Along
with
the
new
products,
Raycast
also
announced
it’s
raising
$30
million,
and
said
in
a
release
that
it’s
focused
on
eliminating
busywork
and
context
switching
for
computer
users.
It’s
a
pitch
you
hear
a
lot
from
AI
companies,
and
Raycast
thinks
it
can
do
even
more
by
combining
AI
with
plain
old
good
software.
Original author: David Pierce
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