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Memova
← Back to the bookStable Strategic Themes
- Tool AI → Ambient AI: users should not need to become prompt/workflow operators.
- Notes → Memory → Actions: notes are the beginning of a process, not the end artifact.
- Page → Book → Library: private source pages can become confirmed shareable HTML projections, while automatic book formation turns repeated creation into a personal memory and knowledge library.
- People as primary nodes: commitments, follow-ups, and context often organize around people.
- Human-led agency: AI should assist, align, and offer choices instead of silently taking over.
- Local-first memory: privacy, trust, speed, and long-term ownership are core to the product story.
- Low cognitive load wedge: ADHD / LD / ND users and meeting-heavy users may strongly value structured, guided, actionable notes.
- Memova Pen direction: handwriting + audio + context can become actionable memory; personalized handwriting recognition may become a moat.
Current Source Notes
- Memova Whitepaper v1 - Feishu Source
- Memova OH8 Project Update 2026-05-07
- Memova Pen Handwriting Recognition Research
Threads To Develop
- Product narrative and positioning.
- Inbox & Brief / Knowledge Base / Agent Hands product architecture.
- First wedge and ICP selection.
- Memova Pen hardware/data capture strategy.
- Multi-form-factor ODM partnership: recording card, watch clip, clip-on headphones, AI glasses, and Memova Pen.
- Memova Pen industrial design language and sensing-spine product form.
- Handwriting recognition MVP and experiment design.
- Calendar / alignment / daily planner workflows.
- Technical architecture for local-first memory and agent integration.
- Page-first founder workflow, shared HTML access, automatic book formation, and the product-book information architecture.
Product Architecture Snapshot
Updated 2026-05-20 product model: Inbox & Brief → Knowledge Base → Agent Hands → Outputs, with the whole loop understood as the Memova Second Brain.
- Inbox & Brief: natural input and alignment layer for notes, meetings, voice, handwriting, thoughts, and agent-ready briefs.
- Knowledge Base: Obsidian / local Markdown / project memory / structured people, projects, decisions, and commitments.
- Agent Hands: product-language execution layer; internally the Agent Executor that operates tools, apps, agents, and workflows.
- Outputs: plans, drafts, calendar events, tasks, code, reports, and follow-ups.
2026-07-19 first sharp wedge: Context → Private Page → Shared HTML / Optional Distribution → Auto-book → Personal Library. This is not a company pivot; it is a concrete, painful founder direction that can become Memova's first entry into user mindshare. Public posting is not required for product value. The private Page remains the source of truth; sharing and distribution are user-confirmed projections. memova_user_manifesto_future_of_being_remembered_2026-07 defines the enduring promise that a person's value is not merely to be recorded but to continue to be understood. The internal v0.5 implementation demonstrates this as one Book with four Chapters and ten human-and-agent-readable Pages. See memova_company_memory_book_v0_5_2026-07-19 and memova_product_book_v0_1_2026-07-19.
2026-08-13 product implication from Garry Tan's “Own Your Intelligence”: preserve the Page-first canonical MVP, but test a lightweight Context Review Skill → Memory Diff → user confirmation → Context Pack → next-task improvement bridge. Skill is an entry surface, Page/Book is a human projection, and the durable asset is the correctly governed canonical context and calibration loop. Personal and company context remain separate authorities; see memova_garry_tan_own_your_intelligence_product_implications_2026-08-13 and memova_context_ownership_portable_skills_2026-08-13.
Current Full / Working Notes
- Memova Website
- What Garry Tan's Own Your Intelligence Means for Memova's Product Direction
- Chen Chen Data Science Lead Role Plan
- memova_whitepaper_v1
- memova_pitch_deck_2026-05-22
- memova_market_sizing_ai_agent_gap_2026-05-22
- memova_agent_usage_chart_2026-05-23
- memova_final_agent_usage_report_2026-05-23
- memova_pen_handwriting_recognition_research
- memova_pen_industrial_design_research_2026-05-18
- memova_pen_industrial_design_research_2026-05-18_zh
- memova_product_layer_concept_2026-05-20
- Memova Website Homepage Bilingual Copy
- Memova Bilingual Introduction
- memova_user_manifesto_future_of_being_remembered_2026-07
- memova_company_memory_book_v0_5_2026-07-19
- memova_company_memory_book_v0_4_2026-07-19
- memova_company_memory_book_v0_2_2026-07-19
- memova_product_book_v0_1_2026-07-19
- memova_odm_hardware_partnership_2026-07-10
- Project Update — May 7, 2026
Next Wiki Work
- Create concept pages for Ambient AI, Human-led Agency, and Actionable Memory.
- Turn project updates into dated decision records.
- Add live Feishu imports once
feishu_docaccess is available or document links are provided. - Keep website deployment and waitlist operations current in Memova Website.