Char
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded 2023
Char develops a local-first AI meeting notepad that transcribes and summarizes meetings entirely on-device without sending any data to the cloud. The application provides real-time speech-to-text transcription and intelligent note enhancement for privacy-sensitive environments.
Last Updated: March 13, 2026
Current Valuation
No valuation data available
Funding Summary
$0.5M
Total reported funding
Announcement
March 29, 2026
Char Blog: Changelog
Announcement
March 13, 2026
Char Official Blog: Hyprnote Is Now Char
Key People
Core OSS Projects
Open-source local-first AI notepad for private meetings with real-time transcription, AI summarization, and note enhancement capabilities. All AI inference runs entirely on-device with no cloud data transmission.
License: GPL-3.0
Business Information
Industries
Software
Technologies
Local-First
Transcription
Note-taking
Sectors
EnterpriseDevelopers
Licenses
GPL-3.0
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