Google’s new ‘CC’ AI agent wants to be your morning executive assistant

The race to build a truly useful AI “agent” is heating up, and Google has decided to start leveraging one of their biggest advantages: your data. Today, Google Labs unveiled CC, a new experimental AI agent designed to streamline your daily productivity by synthesizing your digital life into a single, actionable briefing.

Unlike generic chatbots that rely on public information, CC connects directly to your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive. Google says the goal is to replace the morning scramble of checking multiple apps with one calm, comprehensive email that tells you exactly what you need to know.

What is CC?

CC is an “AI productivity agent” built with Gemini. Its primary function is to send a “Your Day Ahead” email to your inbox every morning. But this isn’t just a simple calendar digest. Because CC has access to your wider Google ecosystem, it connects the dots between your schedule and your communications.

• It knows your schedule: “You have a dentist appointment at 2 PM.”
• It knows your tasks: “You need to pay that electric bill that arrived in Gmail yesterday.”
• It knows your context: “Here is the prep doc for your 10 AM meeting.”

It works both ways

Perhaps the most interesting feature is that CC isn’t just a static newsletter; it operates as a two-way agent. You can reply to the daily email just like you would reply to a human executive assistant.

If CC reminds you about an upcoming meeting, you can reply and ask it to draft an email to the other attendees. If you have an idea while reading the briefing, you can simply reply and tell CC to “remember this for later.” It effectively turns your inbox into a command center.

Taking on OpenAI

This appears to be Google’s direct answer to ChatGPT Pulse, a similar “morning briefing” feature OpenAI launched in September. But Google has a distinct advantage here: data.

While OpenAI requires permission to scrape your calendar and emails, Google Workspace users already live inside this ecosystem. If CC can leverage Google’s native understanding of our inboxes better than a third-party tool can, it could become a standout feature for the Gemini platform.

How to get it

As is standard with Google Labs experiments, access is currently limited. CC is launching in “early access” starting today for users in the U.S. and Canada who are 18+. Google notes that they are prioritizing “Google AI Ultra and paid subscribers” (referring to the Google One AI Premium tier).

If you are already paying for Gemini Advanced, you likely have a better shot at getting off the waitlist quickly. You can sign up for the waitlist now at the Google Labs website.