Qu'est-ce qu'un jumeau numérique ? Un guide complet

A digital twin is your AI-powered counterpart: a digital representation of you that works 24/7, understands your voice and preferences, and has all the context required to amplify your impact.
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You can’t be everywhere at once. You can’t scan calendars while you’re presenting. And you can’t draft emails while you sleep. 

With a Digital Twin, you can be in multiple places at once, taking care of busywork while you’re collaborating with colleagues, and shifting meetings around while you’re on vacation. You will remember more details and be aware of changes that impact your work without asking around. 

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Digital Twin Definition

A Digital Twin is your AI-powered counterpart: a digital representation of you that works 24/7 to handle scheduling, respond to emails, surface information, and take routine actions on your behalf. It learns your preferences and context from connected tools, operates within strict guardrails, and seeks your approval before sharing sensitive information—acting like a trusted executive assistant that amplifies your judgment rather than replacing it.


How a Digital Twin Works 

Digital Twins are built to mimic how executive assistants and chief of staffs work today.

Applying Reasoning 

Digital Twins have access to meeting transcripts, email history, chat messages, documents, and CRM data—all searchable, all connected. They do not just practice retrieval. The system reasons about relevance, identifies the right information for the task, and incorporates it naturally into responses. When someone asks "what did we decide about the timeline?" A Digital Twin doesn't just search for the word "timeline"—it understands the question, finds the relevant discussion, and synthesizes an answer.

When a message arrives, a Digital Twin evaluates multiple factors.

It considers who sent it. It reviews who's included, what’s the history, and what tasks are already in flight. It asks what silence would signal versus a response. 

The system works through these considerations before deciding whether to act at all.

This reasoning layer is what allows a Digital Twin to take an action, whether that’s scheduling a meeting, drafting a response to be approved, or making another suggestion. 

Taking Autonomous Actions

Digital Twins don't wait for explicit instructions. Instead, they read context, anticipate needs, and use good judgment. They know when to act and when to check in. Digital Twins can take actions autonomously, but they need to follow guardrails. 

For scheduling, Digital Twins assume business hours, weekdays, and reasonable notice. They will not schedule surprise meetings an hour from now, or on weekends unless you say so.

For CRM updates, Digital Twins will review meetings, emails, and chats, and prompt you to move a deal stage forward. It takes your explicit approval to update the deal in HubSpot or Salesforce. 

When a Digital Twin sees that a question you’ve asked or a project you’re working on has been updated, it will proactively tell you about the change. 

Learning Over Time

A Digital Twin matures and evolves as it learns from your behavior. As you add more inputs, like meeting reports, a connected drive, project management software, and a CRM, it gets smarter about projects and the topics that matter to you. As you write more emails, ask more questions, and engage more frequently, it better understands what and who are important to you. 

A Digital Twin also has access to the open web, so as current events impact your work, it can make connections that might have gone unnoticed if you weren’t paying close attention. 

The Core Pillars of A Digital Twin

1. Representation and not replacement

A Digital Twin is your digital counterpart. It’s  trained on your context, guided by your preferences, and aligned with your judgment. It does not replace human decision-making. It handles the routine so you can focus on what requires creativity, discernment, and connection.

2. Autonomous action with guardrails

A Digital Twin reduces friction by acting proactively. It schedules meetings, responds to emails, surfaces information, and follows up without constant prompting. But autonomy is bounded. Hard constraints prevent overreach. When ambiguity arises, it pauses and asks. Speed never comes at the cost of trust.

3. Transparency and user control

Every action is visible. Before sharing sensitive information, a Digital Twin drafts and seeks approval. The “sidebar” model ensures conversations can move from public threads to private confirmation, keeping you in control of what gets said and shared.

4. Contextual intelligence

A Digital Twin improves with context. By integrating across email, calendars, meetings, documents, chat, and CRM systems, it builds a living understanding of your work. The more context it has, with your consent, the more accurate, proactive, and helpful it becomes.

5. Universal access and enterprise-grade trust

A Digital Twin should not require special hardware, massive computing budgets, or increasing enterprise risk tolerance. It should be globally accessible, like a universal right. Digital Twins must be secure by default, and built with the privacy standards required by the world’s largest organizations, while remaining available to individuals everywhere.

How to Get Started With a Digital Twin

Getting started with a digital twin is as simple as sending an email to ada@read.ai. The Digital Twin will take it from there. It will guide you to connect your calendar, add context, and share your preferences. A Digital Twin from Read AI is free for every user. 

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Digital Twin Use Cases

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For everyone


Digital Twin vs AI Assistant: What’s the Difference?

At first glance, a Digital Twin and an AI assistant may seem similar. Both use artificial intelligence to help with tasks. But the way they operate and the level of representation they provide is fundamentally different: A Digital Twin represents you, while an AI assistant responds to you. 

An AI assistant reacts to commands. You ask it to schedule a meeting, summarize a document, or draft an email, and it executes the request. It responds to prompts and performs discrete tasks when asked. 

A Digital Twin goes further. It is a contextual representation of you: trained on your preferences, history, tone, and working style. Instead of waiting for instructions, it understands what matters to you and can act proactively within defined guardrails. It doesn’t just execute tasks, it exercises judgement. 


A Digital Twin evaluates context before acting. It considers:

It doesn’t just complete tasks. It reasons about whether action should be taken at all. It doesn’t operate in sessions. Instead it operates continuously, constantly scanning email, meetings, chat, documents, CRM systems, and the open web. It maintains an evolving understanding of your work, enabling long-term context and follow-through.

A Digital Twin extends your presence. It:

Digital Twin FAQ: 

What is a Digital Twin? 

A Digital Twin is your AI-powered counterpart. It works on your behalf to handle routine tasks like scheduling, responding to emails, and surfacing information, all while learning your preferences and operating within clear guardrails.

How does a Digital Twin help me in my work? 

It takes busywork off your plate. Instead of spending hours coordinating meetings, searching for past discussions, or tracking follow-ups, your Digital Twin handles those tasks so you can focus on higher-value work that requires your judgment and creativity.

Will I be replaced by a Digital Twin? 

No. A Digital Twin is designed to support you, not replace you. It handles repetitive and administrative tasks, while you remain in control of decisions, strategy, and relationships.

Are Digital Twins secure? 

Les jumeaux numériques destinés aux entreprises sont conçus avec des barrières de sécurité et des contrôles de confidentialité stricts. Ils :

Quels secteurs d'activité utilisent les jumeaux numériques ?

Les jumeaux numériques traditionnels sont largement utilisés dans :

Les jumeaux numériques alimentés par l'IA sont de plus en plus utilisés dans :

Comment commencer à travailler avec un jumeau numérique ?

La mise en route est simple. Activez-le, connectez vos outils et commencez à l'inclure dans les conversations pour lesquelles vous souhaitez obtenir de l'aide (il vous suffit de cliquer sur ada@read.ai). Plus vous fournissez de contexte, plus cela devient intelligent et utile.

An AI assistant responds to prompts. A Digital Twin represents you.

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