New Computer
Defunct2 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
New Computer built Dot, an AI personal companion app designed to understand and assist individual users. The company announced it is winding down operations and the Dot product.
Also known as Dot
Founders & leadership
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026New Computer was a consumer software company that developed Dot, an AI companion application built around the premise that computers should understand and assist people at a deeper, more human level. The product was positioned as a personal intelligence tool that helped individual users reflect on and understand themselves, functioning for users as a companion and confidante rather than a task-oriented assistant.
Over its final year of operation the company explored extending Dot beyond personal intelligence toward "social intelligence" — helping people understand one another rather than only themselves. The founders, identified on the company site as Sam and Jason, concluded that their long-term visions had diverged and chose to wind down New Computer and Dot rather than compromise either direction. Users were given a transition period during which Dot remained operational until October 5 and could export their data through the app's settings page. Site copyright notices span 2023 to 2025.
Business model
Consumer-facing mobile AI companion application operated directly by the company for individual end users.
Traction
Dot was described by the company as having grown to help hundreds of thousands of users.
Latest developments
New Computer announced the wind-down of the company and of Dot, with the product remaining available until October 5 to allow users to say goodbye and download their data.
▸Full profile — technology, go-to-market, history
Technology
An AI-driven personal companion application, described by the company as personal intelligence, with an in-app data export function available through the settings page.
Go-to-market
Individual consumers using Dot as a personal AI companion.
History
The company was founded around the stated goal that computers should understand and help people at a deeper, more human level, and built and operated the Dot AI companion app, which reached hundreds of thousands of users. After spending a year exploring an expansion from personal intelligence to social intelligence, the founders determined their visions had diverged and announced the wind-down of both the company and Dot, with the app shutting down after October 5.
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 · 1
launches, deals, and filingsNew Computer announced it is winding down the company and its AI companion product Dot, citing diverging founder visions after a year exploring an expansion from personal intelligence to social intelligence. Dot was to remain operational until October 5, with users able to export their data from the app settings page.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- New Computernew.computer · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does New Computer do?
- New Computer was the maker of Dot, an AI personal companion app, and has wound down the company and product.
- Who founded New Computer?
- New Computer was founded by Sam, Jason.
- Who are New Computer's investors?
- New Computer's investors include Moth Fund, Script Capital.