We were drowning in apps that promised to keep us organized. So we built mial
mial (pronounced "my-all") is one private place for the context you carry: the people, the projects, the plans, the things you keep meaning to get back to. The whole point is right there in the name. All of it, one place.
You shouldn't have to re-explain your life every time you open a new tool. But you do, over and over, because every app and every AI starts out knowing nothing about you. mial is the one place you only have to tell once.
This wasn't supposed to be a product. It started as frustration with the gap between what every tool promised and what any of them actually delivered.
What was missing
Your life is scattered across dozens of apps. Work in one place, health in another, personal stuff somewhere else, relationship context across texts and emails and your own memory. Your brain becomes the central hub, manually connecting dots software should be handling.
And the apps themselves? They're filing cabinets. They store things. They don't notice you've postponed the dentist three times. They don't remember that Sarah raised budget concerns in your last meeting before tomorrow's follow-up. They don't connect that the article you saved last month answers exactly what you're stuck on this week. The important stuff gets buried; the slips happen in silence.
The market gives you three buckets. Voice assistants are fast but forgetful by morning. Heavyweight organizers are powerful but tax you with setup until the system collapses. AI tools think with you but every conversation starts from amnesia, and you start over every single time.
We didn't want another tool that fit one of those buckets. We wanted the memory layer underneath all of them.
What mial actually does
You talk to mial the way you'd talk to a trusted friend. No forms, no fields, no folder structures. Just tell it what's going on.
"Meeting with Jake tomorrow." mial remembers who Jake is, what you discussed last time, and nudges you to prep. "Done with the proposal." It marks it complete, updates your streak, suggests what's next based on your priorities. "Remind me to follow up with Sarah." It tracks it, surfaces it at the right time, with the full context of who Sarah is and what you last discussed.
Over time, it starts to notice patterns: what keeps slipping, the person you've gone quiet on, the deadline creeping up while you weren't looking. Each morning it gives you a short read on what actually matters, not just what's loudest. The longer you use it, the sharper that gets.
Yours to take anywhere
Every AI tool you open meets you as a stranger. It doesn't know your projects, your people, or what you told it last week. mial is the part that remembers, the portable memory of you, handed to any tool only when you want it.
mial doesn't lock your context in. Export it any time as Markdown, JSON, or CSV. Paste into any AI tool you use, and pick up where you left off with everything you've already built. mial holds your memory. You decide where it goes.
You decide what it knows.
This was a hard line from day one. Most AI assistants want access to your email, calendar, files, and texts. mial works differently. You tell it what matters. It only knows what you tell it. That's by design.
Your data is scoped to your account, encrypted in transit and at rest, never sold or shared, and never used to train AI.
You're going to tell mial things you don't tell most people. The projects you're stuck on. The relationships you're worried about. The things you keep avoiding. That information should be yours, and you should decide where it goes.
Who it's for
Anyone managing too much in their head. The common thread isn't a job title, it's that feeling of cognitive overload, like you're holding too many things and something's about to drop. mial doesn't ask you to be more organized. It just quietly handles the part that was always falling apart.
We built mial because we needed it ourselves. We're sharing it because we think other people might need it too. It's not perfect yet, and we're iterating fast.
Free is genuinely free. Pro thinks a step further: what's blocking what, what's been slipping, who you should prep for next. It's $10 a month, or $8 if you join with the launch cohort.
All of it, one place. Finally.
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