rivva is an AI assistant that helps you prioritise and schedule tasks around your energy and capacity, so you can work with clarity and follow-through.

The Story

Problem

rivva began with burnout.

Peace

& Chris

had reached a point where the way we were working

no longer worked.

John

added a perspective that

showed why the system itself was broken.

Peace had led growth teams across high-growth startups. She had systems, discipline, and control over her calendar; yet every day still felt like a battle against scattered inputs, mental fatigue, and the pressure to deliver.

Chris left Amazon after realising that even when every metric was met, the cost was exhaustion. Success by the numbers still meant running on empty.

John brought a neurodivergent perspective.

For him, the challenge wasn’t burnout but the fact that the very tools meant to organise work often made it harder. His experience made one thing clear: the system was not built for different minds.

We looked around 👀 and saw the same pattern everywhere. The problem wasn't motivation or capability; it was cognitive overload 😪. Most people lose time not because they are lazy or disorganised, but because they are navigating competing priorities, switching between tools, and making too many decisions in a day. Planning isn't the issue; follow-through is. We saw that most solutions treated time as the only constraint. But time without energy is useless. And structure without clarity only adds noise 😵💫.

Our Solution

So we built rivva

Not a new to-do list; not another tracker

A system that helps you cut through the noise, plan in context, and follow through with consistency. One that aligns your tasks with your actual capacity – your time, your energy, and your workload – and helps you make progress without burning out.

Better work begins with better systems; and systems must begin with how your mind works, not just how your calendar looks.

The Big Bet

We believe that cognitive health is the foundation upon which peak performance at work is built.

"As Artificial Intelligence increasingly handles execution, what differentiates high-performing knowledge workers is how they think, make decisions and utilise their cognitive capacity to direct AI agents, spot errors, formulate prompts and lead strategically. rivva exists to enhance that capacity.

Our goal is to reduce overload and highlight the moments when your brain is at its peak so that you can perform 20% better on your tasks and deliver results that benefit the company's bottom line."

Peace I.

Co-founder/CEO rivva

Our Values

We're a small team of designers, engineers, and productivity nerds from across the globe, building tools we wish we had ourselves.

Radical Transparency

We tell the truth. No politics, no sugarcoating. Clarity, integrity, and fairness in how we operate and communicate.

We Build for Users, Not Ourselves

We talk to people. We test and iterate. We don't chase ideas for their own sake — only what works for our users matters.

Kindness is a Requirement

No ego, no toxicity. We challenge ideas, not people. We treat everyone with respect.

Peak Performance and Well-Being Are Inseparable

We don't trade one for the other. We don't glorify exhaustion; we also don't let "self-care" become an excuse for mediocrity. We rest so we can perform.

Everyone is an Owner

No passengers. Everyone takes full responsibility for their work and for moving rivva forward.