phase 0 -- late 2024
Foundation
Establish the company. Define the principles. Build the brand.
- Company formation and legal structure
- Brand identity and design system
- Website and public presence
- Core philosophy and design principles
phase 1 -- 2025
Research and architecture
Define the intellectual foundation, the platform architecture, and the product portfolio.
- Theoretical research and academic grounding
- Platform architecture: shared database, MemoKit protocol, lens apps
- Product definitions and the paper product metaphor
phase 2 -- q1 2026
AI research and Memo development
Parallel tracks: building Memo while studying the AI landscape for on-device intelligence.
- Small language model landscape survey
- MLOps and development lifecycle study
- Apple on-device AI deep dive
- Hands-on SLM development and fine-tuning
- Memo engineering: GRDB, SwiftUI, share extension, widgets
- MemoKit framework development
phase 3 -- q2 2026
Memo ships
First public release of the first Analog product.
TestFlight beta
March 29, 2026
App Store launch
May 25, 2026
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phase 4 -- h2 2026
Platform expansion
Additional lens apps on the shared database. On-device AI integration via small language models on Apple Silicon. Journal and Planner as the next lenses.
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The full graph
All lenses operational on the shared graph. On-device intelligence that surfaces connections, patterns, and meaning in your information -- without any of it leaving your device.
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