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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.Meeting notes that don't suck. Runs locally, no bot joins.Google Docs with an AI collaborator baked in.VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.
CategoryResearchMeetingsWritingCoding
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree + $18/moFree + $12/moFree + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Founders, execs, consultants who live in calls.Essays, long-form drafts, thinking on the page.Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • No bot in the call — runs on your Mac
  • Strong templates
  • Fast summaries
  • Clean writing UX — distraction-free
  • +++ prompt triggers AI help
  • Collaboration + AI feedback together
  • Tab completion feels like mind-reading
  • Composer for multi-file edits
  • Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
Weaknesses
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Mac-only
  • Single-user by design
  • Less feature-rich than Google Docs
  • AI ceiling below dedicated tools
  • Can feel overwhelming for non-coders
  • Expensive at scale
Kai's verdictS-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.S-tier. Category-defining UX. If you take notes in meetings, switch this week.A-tier. Beautiful UX. The writing app I'd pick if I only wrote long-form.S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.
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