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TaglineAI-powered networked notes. Roam with a brain.VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.The fastest AI inference in the world. Crazy low latency.Voice AI that reads + expresses emotion.
CategoryProductivityCodingDev PlatformVoice
Pricing$10/moFree + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo BusinessFree tier + pay-as-you-go APIFree tier + pay-as-you-go
Best forKnowledge workers + thinkers who want AI in their second brain.Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.Developers who need sub-100ms LLM responses.Therapy apps, customer service, any voice agent where emotion matters.
Strengths
  • AI auto-links related notes
  • Generates backlinks + summaries
  • Clean, minimal UX
  • Tab completion feels like mind-reading
  • Composer for multi-file edits
  • Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
  • 500+ tokens/sec on Llama/Mixtral — feels instant
  • Custom LPU hardware
  • Great free tier
  • Detects + mirrors emotional tone
  • EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) feels different
  • Expressive voice output
Weaknesses
  • Expensive for just notes
  • Smaller community than Obsidian
  • Can feel overwhelming for non-coders
  • Expensive at scale
  • Open-weight models only (no Claude/GPT)
  • Less flexibility on custom configs
  • Niche use case
  • Pricing ramps fast
Kai's verdictA-tier. Niche but beloved. If you've outgrown Notion, try this.S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.S-tier for speed. When latency is the product, start here.A-tier in its niche. The only one that actually gets emotion right.
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