I had been struggling with too much stuff and I don't think a lot of people feel like we necessarily had a lot of stuff. We don't have an overly large house or a lot of storage, but we still struggled with organizing all the stuff we had. My spouse and I both bought things for the kids, for the house, for who knows what. We don't usually communicate with each other what we buy when we buy it. Or, even if we do, I couldn't remember everything we bought. We consider ourselves far from hoarders, but we would literally buy the same thing again from Amazon because we couldn't find something or forgot we had it already. And then after we buy it again we would find it in some box in the Garage we forgot about. The thing we use about once a year we would sometimes have 3 of. That would add up in cost, but also in just frustration so Vorby had to exist. Our team comes from a background of AI and I had the specific frustration of not having anything to use for my own stuff. Some of us even came from Google, where I always dreamed of having the Google search equivalent for things in my home.
So what can we do with AI to make us happier with our stuff, with our home inventory?
Why home inventory matters and how AI can help
- The benefits of a clear and organized home inventory save us time, reduce stress, save us money by avoiding unnecessary purchases, help us with insurance in case of a disaster, or just ease of moving.
- Traditional inventory methods typically involve manual processes, like handwritten lists, spreadsheets, or notes stored on your phone. While these approaches can work temporarily, they often fall short in practice:
- Time-consuming: Manual data entry and frequent updates are tedious.
- Prone to errors: It’s easy to mislabel items, forget updates, or lose track of entries.
- Limited searchability: Finding something specific can be cumbersome, especially if your list grows long.
- Lack of visual context: Written lists don’t always help you visualize your belongings effectively.
Using Vorby can eliminate these frustrations, making home organization faster, more accurate, and intuitive.
How AI now makes it easier
You don’t have to meticulously label everything, input everything, categories everything. AI will do it for you. The technology now is so advanced you can take a picture of an entire bookshelf and it will automatically identify each book, know they are books, and even know what their primary color is to make it easy to find later. And with AI it can learn from where you normally put that type of item and suggest even where you should put it. “Is it a Sci-fi book? Put it on this shelf next to the other Sci-fi books.”
AI Features in Vorby
Automatically detect items based on just a picture, from an abbreviated receipt, or from a purchase confirmation email. AI will also determine the color so that when you might not remember the exact item or have multiple of something similar, if you remember the color you can narrow down directly to the color as well. It will even auto categorize for you so that saving details about an item is as easy as taking a picture once.
What are some use cases for using AI and a home inventory app?
- Organizing your garage or attic with minimal effort.
- Keeping track of seasonal items and decorations.
- Preparing for moves: Easily create packing lists with AI assistance.
- Simplifying your daily life: Quickly finding things you rarely use but occasionally need.
At Vorby, we are experts at data and know how to store things securely at scale, being fully encrypted. Your data is extremely important to us and we know how to keep it safe.
We hope you enjoy Vorby and give us feedback to make it better. We will be making it better every day. I myself will need this for the rest of my life so we will never stop. I hope Vorby with AI can encourage minimalism or better purchasing decisions, or just make your life easier in any way. Technology and specifically AI can meaningfully simplify your home organization. See how easy home organizing can be—start your free trial today!