Mem
Los Altos, US · 6 known investors
Mem is an AI note-taking and personal-agent app that captures notes, meetings and research and resurfaces them as context.
Also known as Mem 2.0 · Mem Labs, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Investors · 6
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Mem, operated by Mem Labs, Inc., develops an AI-based personal knowledge and assistant product built around notes. Users capture text notes, voice recordings, meeting audio, links, files and web pages, and the product organizes, connects and indexes that material so it can be retrieved later by meaning rather than exact keywords. Core features described by the company include Voice Mode (turning spoken brain dumps and meetings into structured notes, with audio and transcript retained and without requiring a meeting bot), Deep Search (semantic retrieval from vague descriptions), Mem Chat / Agentic Chat (question answering plus creating, editing and reorganizing notes), Heads Up (automatic resurfacing of related notes and collections while working), Clean Up (reformatting rough notes), Collections (a note can belong to multiple collections), templates, pinning, tabs and split screen, version history, and Dark Mode for Pro plans.
The product has since been positioned as an "AI chief of staff" consisting of two parts: Mem Workspace, a persistent store of notes, meetings and saved pages, and Mem Agent, which reviews new context in the background, maintains a structured model of the user's tasks, projects and goals, and issues proactive nudges with a suggested next step. A Push-to-Remember feature on Mac and Windows lets users hold a shortcut and dictate information for the agent to file. Capture paths include a Chrome extension, Share to Mem, and forwarding email to save@mem.ai. Mem is available as Mac, Windows, iOS and web apps with offline support and cross-device sync; it is not available on Android, supports English officially, and currently requires a Google account for login. The company does not maintain a public roadmap and runs a Slack community for feedback and feature requests.
Founding story
The product originated from the observation that notes have little value if they cannot be found again, leading to a focus on recall rather than capture and on productivity as progress rather than effort. The Mem 2.0 launch post is signed by Kevin, Founder & CEO.
Business model
Mem sells a subscription software product directly to individual users and teams. The iOS listing describes a free tier with in-app purchases, and plan tiers are referenced including Pro and a "Proactive" paid plan; every plan includes Mem Agent with usage limits varying by plan, while proactive features and agent access on supported messaging channels require a paid plan. Dark Mode is limited to Pro plans, and Mem 2.0 was launched with plans for individuals and teams. A referral program has also been mentioned.
Subscription plans for individuals and teams, sold freemium-style via the app with in-app purchases; higher tiers (Pro, Proactive) unlock features such as proactive agent behavior, messaging-channel access, higher usage limits and Dark Mode.
Traction
The iOS app holds a 4.4 average rating across 121 ratings in the US App Store. The Mem 2.0 launch post states the product was rebuilt over two years and that thousands of ideas are handled through capture and recall features; the company also cites customer testimonials from founders. Recent shipping activity includes calendar integration, a Claude connector, a referral program and beta features for Pro users, and the launch of Mem Agent Proactive.
Latest developments
Mem launched Mem Agent Proactive, a paid-plan capability in which the agent catches commitments the user did not explicitly ask it to track, learns what matters from captured content, reminds users before work slips, and extends to supported messaging channels. A product-update roundup covers calendar integration, a Claude connector allowing external LLMs to use Mem as context, a referral program and beta features for Pro users. App Store reviews from 2025 reflect the rebuilt app.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Mem positions itself as an AI-native alternative to conventional note-taking and productivity tools that require manual tagging and filing, and more recently as a proactive personal agent layered on a personal knowledge base. User reviews compare it directly with meeting-notes tool Granola and with basic notes apps such as Google Keep and iOS Notes.
The company emphasizes recall over capture: information can be retrieved by describing it rather than by keyword or manual organization, and relevant notes are resurfaced automatically at the moment of need. Other stated differentiators are meeting transcription without a meeting bot, memory that is visible and editable as ordinary notes instead of hidden files or chat logs, offline-first operation across platforms, and proactive nudging that does not require schedules or prompt tuning.
Technology
Mem combines note storage with large language model features. It performs semantic search over notes, meetings and connected sources, transcribes voice and meeting audio without a separate meeting bot, and uses agentic capabilities that can create, edit and organize notes and take actions rather than only answering questions. Mem Agent processes newly captured context in the background to update a structured representation of the user's people, projects, decisions and priorities, which is stored as visible notes rather than opaque chat history. The rebuilt Mem 2.0 is offline-first with full offline support across web, desktop and mobile and syncs across devices; integrations include a Chrome extension, email capture, calendar integration and a Claude connector allowing external LLMs to use Mem content as context.
Go-to-market
Distribution is direct through mem.ai and get.mem.ai sign-up plus app store listings for Mac, Windows, iOS and web. The company markets through product-launch blog posts (Mem 2.0, Mem Agent Proactive), a content blog called The Memo covering use cases and product-update roundups, a referral program, in-app launch events, and a Slack community used for feedback and feature requests.
Individual knowledge workers — the company names entrepreneurs, executives and creatives — plus teams; users cited include founders and people managing back-to-back meetings and investor updates.
Geography
Headquartered in Los Altos, United States; the product is distributed globally via web, desktop and iOS apps, with official language support limited to English.
History
Mem 1.0 launched as a notes application; the iOS app has been listed since at least the App Store identifier's creation. The company then spent roughly two years rebuilding the product from scratch, releasing Mem 2.0 with a new brand — repositioned from a notes app to an "AI Thought Partner" with a new logo whose two arrows represent the user and Mem thinking together. Mem 2.0 introduced Voice Mode, an agentic Chrome extension, email capture, Deep Search, Heads Up, Clean Up, Agentic Chat, version history and Dark Mode. The product was subsequently repositioned again as an "AI chief of staff" built on Mem Workspace and Mem Agent, followed by the Mem Agent Proactive launch on paid plans.
Risks & controversies
Paying users have publicly reported product limitations and defects, including a two-hour meeting-recording cap on the Pro plan, edits being applied to the wrong note, input latency in the iOS app compared with other notes apps, and limited task-management features. Platform constraints include no Android app and no announced timeline for one, Google-only account login, official support for English only, and no public roadmap.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsMem announced Mem 2.0, a rebuild of the product after roughly two years of development, alongside a rebrand from notes app to "AI Thought Partner" with a new logo. New capabilities included Voice Mode, an agentic Chrome extension, email capture via save@mem.ai, Deep Search, Heads Up, Clean Up, Agentic Chat, version history and Dark Mode, with offline support across web, desktop and mobile and plans for individuals and teams.
Mem launched Mem Agent Proactive, a paid-plan tier in which the agent catches commitments, learns from captured context, reminds users before work slips, and becomes available on supported messaging channels.
Mem published a product update roundup covering a calendar integration, a Claude connector enabling external LLMs to use Mem content as context, a referral program, and beta features for Pro users.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Memmem.ai · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Mem do?
- Mem is an AI note-taking and personal-agent app that captures notes, meetings and research and resurfaces them as context.
- Who founded Mem?
- Mem was founded by Kevin Moody.
- Who are Mem's investors?
- Mem's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Dreamers VC, Floodgate, Motive Force, Shrug Capital, Unusual Ventures.
- Where is Mem headquartered?
- Mem is headquartered in Los Altos, US.