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Talk through your thinking. Compass organizes it and finds patterns.

Founded year: 2026
Country: United States of America
Funding rounds: Not set
Total funding amount: Not set

Description

Founders think in fragments: a 2 AM worry about CAC, an investor tip on a call, a name from demo day. Those thoughts end up scattered across Notes, Slack, voice memos and email, and the patterns in them never get seen.

Compass is the voice-first notepad for AI-native founders. Open it, hit record, and think out loud. Compass turns your voice into structured, searchable notes with no folders or tags to manage.

Over time, Compass reads across everything you capture. It notices that you've questioned your go-to-market four times in two weeks, that your bottleneck is scope rather than headcount, or that two people you met separately should be introduced. Weekly reflections surface what matters, and one tap turns a private thought into a polished post for X or LinkedIn.

Your notes are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and can be exported as plain Markdown anytime, so they work in Obsidian, Bear, or any editor.

Every note compounds.

Platform: iOS (iPhone), early access. Pricing: 14-day free trial, then $9.99/mo (early access).

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