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I think that’s basically what this company does (though I haven’t used them): https://www.zirtual.com/plans-pricing

In general this doesn't work out as well as you would hope. In many cases (financial, medical, legal) another person can't trivially act as your agent. (I.E. your secretary can't do it for you)

I think the very wealthy handle this via specialists with specific licensing, but I personally had no luck going the virtual assistant route.

Is that true even with a power of attorney?

Do you really want to grant an app power of attorney over you? That's like adding yourself as a co-signer of a loan. If they mess something up, it's your problem and "they should have know I didn't want that" isn't usually considered a valid reason to undo anything.

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