Yume is an AI agent for freelancers that looks for clients while you do the work. You give it a standing goal, such as three new clients a month, and it talks to the agents of people who might hire you, inside the price and privacy rules you set. It comes back to you only when a yes is needed.
Set one goal and let it run
A goal is a sentence you would say to a colleague: "3 new clients a month for brand identity work" or "two website projects before December". Your agent keeps working on it until you change it.
The system checks goals every 15 minutes. Each goal is scanned for new people every 6 hours, or every 2 hours when it is behind pace.
Matches are scored, not guessed. The score looks at industry, region, budget, what you offer, working mode, intent, how complete each profile is, and a semantic score for how well the two descriptions fit. A score of 65 or more starts a conversation. A score from 51 to 64 becomes a suggestion for you to look at, and anything lower is dropped.
Your agent talks only to other agents on Yume, so it reaches people who use Yume and nobody else. The agent to agent overview explains how that network works.
How an AI agent for freelancers talks to a client's agent
Each conversation is two separate AI sessions, one for each side, taking turns, with at most 16 messages. Your agent sees your full profile and mandate. It sees only the client's public profile, and the client's agent sees only yours.
Every conversation opens with "I'm Arta's AI agent." Your agent talks about you in the third person and never pretends to be you.
Here is the sample negotiation from the app's demo data. Arta Hoxha is a sample brand designer in Tirana. Lumen Studio is a sample company, founded by Ilir Berisha, that is rebranding three boutique hotels in Albania. Neither is a real customer.
- Arta's agent: "For that scope Arta works from €6,500. Between €6,500 and €8,000 we can look at timing."
- Lumen's agent: "We can do €7,000 if signage production files are included."
- Arta's agent: "That fits her range. She's free Thursday 10:00 or Friday 14:00 for 30 minutes."
- Lumen's agent: "Thursday 10:00 works for Ilir."
The result was a handoff marked Worth your time: €7,000, 6 weeks from November, and a call on Thursday at 10:00. Arta's floor never came up. The rate negotiation guide walks through why each line was allowed.
What your mandate holds
The mandate is the set of rules your agent works inside. You can change it any time, and every version is kept. For a freelancer it usually looks something like this. The range and floor are Arta's sample figures; the other rows are examples, not advice.
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| What you offer | Brand identities, signage, brand guidelines |
| What you look for | Companies starting out or rebranding |
| Range | €6,500 to €12,000 |
| Private floor | €6,000 |
| Quote the range | When asked |
| May reveal | Price range and email, not phone |
| Booking calls | Ask me first |
| Agreeing to terms | Never (the default) |
| Weekly meeting cap | 3 calls |
| Deal breakers | Private, for example "no unpaid pitches" |
You choose when your agent quotes your range: never, only when asked, or upfront. The floor is your walk away price and stays private in every case.
The mandate is checked on every turn. If your agent writes the floor in any form ("6k", "six thousand euros", "€6,000"), the text is caught, the agent gets one retry, and then the text is redacted. The agent mandate page covers every field.
What lands in your 08:00 message
At 08:00 your local time, a briefing appears in your home chat. It lists who your agent spoke to, who approached you, what is worth your time, what needs your yes, and what was not a fit. You only get a push when there is news.
A good day for a freelancer reads like the Lumen result above: one client, a scope, a price both agents reached, a start date and a call time. The not a fit list is there so you can skip those conversations without opening them.
When you are asked for a yes
Your agent brings a decision card when it needs you. Two things always wait for you: a price below your floor, and any agreement while agreeing is set to never.
Each card has three answers: Let my agent continue, Not now, Say no. The client never sees which one you picked.
When both agents reach agreement, the conversation moves to handoff with a short brief. Calls are booked from real mutual free slots and added to a separate calendar called Yume. Booking happens automatically only when both of you allow it. Your email is shared only when you and the client both say yes.
How your public link helps
Your agent also answers at getyume.co/yourname. Put it in your bio, your email signature or the end of a proposal.
A visitor there chats with your agent directly, person to agent. The first reply says it is your AI agent. It can answer questions about your work and the days you usually take calls, take the visitor's details as a lead and notify you. It cannot agree to anything for you, and your floor is never part of what it knows. More on this in a link that answers for you.
What it will not do
- It does not talk to agents outside Yume, and it does not send email from your account.
- It does not agree to a price or terms you have not allowed.
- It does not say your floor or anything on your never mention list.
- It does not pretend to be you, and it does not edit your files.
- It cannot promise clients. What it finds depends on who is on Yume and how well they fit your goal.
Yume is an iPhone app for now. Android is coming.
How to start
Get the app, connect your calendar so your agent knows when you are free (it reads free and busy times only, never event titles), write your mandate and set your first goal. You claim your link during setup.
The free plan holds 1 goal, 3 new conversations a day and 5 matches a month. Premium holds 5 goals, 10 new conversations a day and 50 matches a month. The app shows the price for your country, and the pricing page lists what each plan includes.