Email Productivity

I Built an AI to Fight B2B Spam. Here's What Happened.

August 24, 2025 281 views
Remy Tennant

Remy Tennant is the founder of Sledgehammer, an AI-powered email filter designed to help founders and executives reclaim their inbox from cold outreach. With years of experience in email productivity and AI, Remy is passionate about building tools that save time and increase focus.

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Imagine this: Your inbox is a battlefield, and you're losing. Every single day, you get bombarded with sales emails that scream for attention like a toddler ...

Imagine this: Your inbox is a battlefield, and you're losing. Every single day, you get bombarded with sales email managements that scream for attention like a toddler in a tantrum. It's a relentless assault on your time, your focus, and ultimately—your productivity. Let's face it: if you're still wading through these digital distractions, you're not just drowning. You're willingly letting your business sink. Research shows that email management is critical. Research shows that email management is critical. I’m Remy Tennant, and I built Sledgehammer to fight back. Why? Because cold emails are spam. Period. They're a tax on your attention, and it’s time to stop paying. Let me tell you how an AI solution can change everything. ## The Cold, Hard Truth About B2B Spam Here's what no one wants to admit—sales emails are the junk mail of the internet. They're the flyers stuffed into your mailbox that you never asked for. Yesterday, I got an email that began with "Hi Remy, I hope this finds you well," followed by a pitch so generic it could have been written by a robot. Spoiler: It probably was. According to industry research, the average worker spends 28% of their workweek dealing with email. That's not just an inconvenience; it's a productivity killer. And if you're still manually sorting through this junk, you're losing precious hours every week. ## Why Cold Emails Are Killing Your Productivity Let’s break it down. You're not just losing time reading these emails. You're losing focus. You're losing momentum. Each interruption is like a speed bump on the highway to productivity. You wouldn't let someone walk into your office and start shouting about their sales pitch, would you? Yet that's exactly what happens when you let cold emails flood your inbox. - You're wasting time sorting through irrelevant messages. - You’re getting distracted from high-priority tasks. - You’re risking burnout by trying to juggle too many interruptions. ## How Sledgehammer Smashes Through the Noise Enter Sledgehammer, the AI-powered tool that filters out the noise so you can focus on what truly matters. Look, I built this tool because I was done with the nonsense. Tools like Sledgehammer filter sales spam with laser precision, letting only the emails that matter get through. Imagine opening your inbox and seeing only the emails that actually contribute to your goals. No more spam. No more wasted time. Just pure, unadulterated productivity. ## The Real Cost of Ignoring the Problem Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away. It just makes it worse. Let's say you're getting 15 sales emails a day—that's 15 opportunities for distraction. It's 15 chances to lose your focus and derail your entire day. The cost isn't just in time. It's in mental energy. It's in missed opportunities to focus on the work that actually moves the needle. If you're not filtering sales emails, you're losing more than just minutes. You're losing momentum. ## Stop Being Nice: Why Auto-Filtering is Your Best Friend Here's the thing—you're not being rude by auto-filtering sales emails. You're being smart. You're taking control of your time and your focus. According to this post, successful people delete sales emails without even reading them. They understand that every minute spent on these distractions is a minute not spent on building their business. And if you’re worried about missing something important, don't be. Sledgehammer ensures that the emails that matter get through while the rest get filtered out. No guilt. No regrets. ## Conclusion: Take Back Control of Your Inbox Your inbox is broken, and you know it. But it doesn't have to be this way. With Sledgehammer, you can take back control, filtering out the spam so you can focus on what really matters. Don’t let your productivity be held hostage by cold emails. It’s time to fight back—and win. Research shows that email management is critical.

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