UTasks blog
The key milestones of the project: launches, new features, growth and important decisions. We publish details, updates and answers to questions in the UTasks News channel on Telegram.
2026
The utasks.io website
The UTasks website launched: how the app works, pricing with a team calculator, FAQ and documentation – in English and Russian.
Status in notifications and a task digest
The status of a task can be changed right from a chat notification, and the
/digestcommand compiles a task digest – once or on a schedule.Developer API and MCP server
A public Developer API is open for connecting third-party services, and the MCP server lets you manage UTasks tasks from AI assistants such as Claude.
UTasks AI assistant
The AI assistant launched: it creates, finds and changes tasks from a plain phrase or a voice message, works with several tasks at once and runs Meeting mode.
Six languages: Kazakh and Uzbek
Kazakh and Uzbek were added to the app. UTasks now works in six languages: Russian, English, Spanish, Farsi, Kazakh and Uzbek.
Payment in rubles
The PRO subscription can be paid for in rubles; for the Russian interface this method is on by default. Since July, team licenses can be paid for in rubles too.
Yandex grant for AI development
Yandex granted UTasks 1,000,000 ₽ for using AI models – to develop AI features for tasks.
Second investment round
UTasks closed its second investment round. It took a year from the first meeting with investors to the funds arriving.
2025
The
/commentcommand and inline mode in groupsThree updates for working right in the chat: the
/commentcommand, task editing from the/newcommand and inline mode in group chats.70,000 users
The number of UTasks users reached 70,000 – a year and a half after the MVP.
Moving to Kubernetes
The UTasks infrastructure moved to Managed Kubernetes: the service became more reliable and can scale quickly as load grows.
2024 in review
Over the year the UTasks audience grew from 200 to 56,000 users. Founder Denis Gerasimenko summed up the first year of the product.
2024
50,000 users and a new task card
UTasks passed 50,000 users. A major update came with it: a new task card, priorities, five statuses and task numbers.
UTasks documentation
The documentation was published: detailed guides to all features of the app.
Subscriptions for a team and as a gift
PRO can be bought for a whole team or as a gift: the bot sends a certificate for each license, and discounts apply from two licenses.
Tasks for any Telegram user
Inline tasks arrived: you can assign a task to any Telegram user right in a private chat, without a shared group.
20,000 users
The number of UTasks users reached 20,000 – at the beginning of the year there were about 200.
The fourth app language: Farsi
The UTasks app became available in Farsi. Together with Russian, English and Spanish, that makes four interface languages.
Special terms for corporate clients
UTasks started working with companies: a contract, payment by bank transfer and discounts on annual subscriptions for a team.
MVP: the first full version of UTasks
The first full version of UTasks was released: tasks with several assignees and an “Add to chat” button for creating group projects.
2023
The first UTasks release
The first version of UTasks was released – a task manager that works right inside Telegram. Work on the project began in spring 2023.