Ten threads, one head
A fundraise, three hires, the biggest customer’s renewal and a product launch. The details of each are spread across inboxes, chats and memory.
The AI second brain for founders
The whole company, in one memory.
Glowstone is like a chief of staff who has read everything about your company: every investor conversation, candidate, customer and decision. It thinks with the judgment of a seasoned operator and answers from your own records, so the company’s context lives somewhere other than your head.
Free, including transcription · Works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor · Your notes stay on your Mac
If you’re a founder, this probably sounds familiar
What did we tell them?
Numbers shared with an investor, terms discussed with a candidate. Saying something different next time costs trust.
Updates nobody has time to write
The investor update, the board memo, the all-hands notes. Assembling them means rereading a month of conversations.
01 · Your business knowledge
Keep investors, hires and customers on record and ask your AI anything about them
Each investor, candidate, customer and decision gets a note your agent writes and links as you work: what was said, what was shared, what’s pending and with whom.
Then ask: where each investor in the round stands, what you told a fund about burn last month, which candidates are still in the process and what they asked for.
- Investors, hiring, customers and decisions, linked
- What you shared, with whom and when
- Answers that cite the conversation they came from
Example
Mid-fundraise, with nine investors at different stages and a board call tomorrow.
Where does each investor in the round stand, and what do they still need from us?
- ✓Reads the round note and each investor’s note
- ✓Pulls what each one asked for and when
- ✓Adds up what’s committed and what’s left
What you get
A clean pipeline of the round, with the two things you owe someone this week.
04An answer that comes from your records, not a guess.
02 · Meetings
Record investor, customer and candidate calls and ask questions live, with the call and your company history as context
Record from the tab: investor meetings, candidate interviews, customer calls. No bot joins; Glowstone transcribes on your Mac.
Mid-call, check what you said before: the numbers you shared, the terms you discussed, what the customer was promised. Afterwards, Process files it all where it belongs.
- What you told each investor, recalled mid-call
- Candidate interviews kept and comparable
- Customer promises never lost
Example
A partner asks, mid-call, what burn you shared last month.
What burn and runway did we share with Northbeam in September?
- ✓Reads the call so far
- ✓Opens Northbeam’s note and the Sep 12 meeting
- ✓Compares it with September’s actual numbers
What you get
You give the same figure you gave before, and explain the difference with confidence.
04An answer you can use before the pause gets awkward.
03 · Every day
Use it all day: capture dashboards, jot thoughts and ask from any app
Most of the value comes from small moments, dozens of times a day. Glowstone hangs from the top of your screen in every app: bring the pointer up, ask, jot something down or attach what’s on screen, and get back to work.
Away from the desk, a voice note to your own Glowstone bot on Telegram does the same. Everything lands in the same memory.
- The tab, over any app
- Screenshots it understands: “add this to…”
- Telegram from your phone
- The tabBetween two investor calls
What did Fieldstone ask for last time?
September’s numbers, promised by Friday. You send them now.
- Attach a fileA term sheet arrives
Summarise the key terms and compare with Northbeam’s.
A side-by-side of valuation, pro rata and board seat.
- TelegramAfter a coffee with a candidate
Voice note: “Irene can start in January, wants equity over salary.”
Filed in the design lead hiring note.
- Search ⌘FWhere did we decide to raise $2M?
“raise $2M”
The decision note and the meeting it came from.
03It reads the screenshot and files what matters.
04 · Routines
Schedule routines: your AI sends you a weekly company review on its own
Ask once: “every Friday at five, summarise the week: the round, hiring, our top customers and anything I promised someone”. It starts that conversation on its own, and can draft the investor update from it.
Silent when there’s nothing new. Routines run while Glowstone is open on your Mac.
- The week across the company, in one message
- Promises you made, surfaced before they’re due
- The first draft of the update, ready to edit
Example
The week was a blur of calls across the round, hiring and customers.
Once: “every Friday at five, review the round, hiring, top customers and anything I promised.”
- ✓Reads the week’s meetings and notes
- ✓Lists what moved and what’s due
- ✓Offers to draft the investor update
What you get
You close the week knowing where everything stands, with a draft ready to edit.
02A normal chat: reply to it, ask more, or let it be.
Bring your own AI
Use your Claude or ChatGPT plan as an assistant for founders
Glowstone doesn’t sell its own AI. Sign in with the agent you already use, on the plan you already pay for, and it gets your notes, your meetings and your tools. Switch agents any time: the memory stays.
Claude CodeYour Claude plan
CodexYour ChatGPT plan
CursorYour Cursor plan
OpenCodeFree models or your own keys
Kilo CodeFree models or your own keys
05 · Tools & connectors
Connect Stripe, Notion, Linear and more, so your AI can pull numbers and update documents for you
Most tools you work in today can be connected to an AI agent, through what are called MCP connectors. Tell Glowstone which ones you use and your agent sets them up with you, in the conversation: it looks for the official connector, adds it, and walks you through signing in. No settings screen, no developer needed.
From then on it can read them and, where the tool allows it, act in them: create and update tickets, write pages, draft emails, check a customer’s invoices. Every action shows up in the chat, and it only reaches what your own account can.
- Connected in the conversation, guided step by step
- Reads and, where allowed, writes in your tools
- Every action visible in the chat
StripeRevenue, customers, subscriptions and invoices
NotionRead and write the investor update, board docs and wiki
Linear or JiraSee what the team is shipping and what’s stuck
HubSpotRead the sales pipeline (read-only connector)
GitHubRead pull requests and releases (with a token)- SlackRead threads and post updates (with a token)
XeroAccounting: invoices, payments and cash
Google AnalyticsTraffic, sign-ups and conversions
Hundreds of tools have a connector today. These work too, through official or community connectors:
- Amplitude
Google Search Console
Intercom
Figma
Zapier- + More tools
And through Zapier’s connector, thousands of apps more. If a tool has no connector, your agent tells you, and writes it down.
Example
The board asks how engineering is going and you haven’t looked at the tracker in a week.
What did the team ship this month, and what’s stuck?
- ✓Reads closed and open issues through the Linear connector
- ✓Reads the product notes in your vault
- ✓Groups them by project
What you get
A three-line answer for the board, and the one stuck project you should ask about.
03Done, and it tells you what it did.
Speak instead of typing, about three times faster
Hold a key and talk: to your agent, or into any app. Whisper transcribes it on your Mac, free and offline, and spells your clients’ and colleagues’ names right.
Everything else Glowstone does
The same app, with the same memory behind every part. Each one has its own guide, step by step.
The tab
Your agent hangs from the top of the screen in every app. Ask or jot something down without switching windows.
Connectors, step by step
How your agent finds, adds and signs in to a connector, and keeps a list of what you use.
Search & spaces
Find anything by what was said, and keep work and personal life in separate folders.
Bring your memory
Start with what ChatGPT or Claude already know about you, or your Obsidian vault.
Telegram
Text or send a voice note from your phone, and it’s filed by the time you’re back.
Private by design
Notes are files on your Mac. No Glowstone account or server: only the agent you choose reads them.
A founder’s day with Glowstone
- The morning brief: calls today and what each one needs.
- Candidate interview recorded, compared later with the others.
- Investor call. Last month’s numbers checked mid-call.
- Process: the round updated, a promise added to the list.
- The investor update, dictated.
- The company review, with a draft update.
Things you could ask it
- “Where does each investor in the round stand?”
- “What numbers did we share with Northbeam, and when?”
- “Compare the design lead candidates after the final round.”
- “What have I promised customers this quarter?”
- “Draft this month’s investor update.”
- “What did we decide about pricing, and why?”
Your notes stay yours
Everything is plain Markdown in a folder on your Mac. There’s no Glowstone account and no Glowstone server, so we can’t read your notes, your chats or your meetings. Only the AI agent you choose reads what it needs to answer, under your own account.
Who can see what →Questions from founders
Is it safe to put company information in it?
Your notes are files on your Mac; Glowstone has no server and can’t read them. The agent you choose (Claude Code, Codex…) reads what it needs to answer, under your own account and its provider’s terms. Choosing the agent is choosing who sees it.
Can I keep personal life separate?
Yes. Use spaces: each is its own folder with its own conversations, and the agent in one never sees the other.
Does a bot join investor calls?
No. Glowstone listens on your Mac and works with any call app. Tell people you’re recording.
Is it free?
Yes. Glowstone, transcription and dictation are free. The agent uses your own plan with its provider.
Can I run customer support from it?
Yes. Early on, the founder is often the support team. Keep your policies and the exceptions you make in Glowstone, connect Stripe or your help desk, and ask it to draft replies in each customer’s language. See Glowstone for customer support for the full picture.
Can I use my Claude or ChatGPT subscription?
Yes. Glowstone doesn’t sell its own AI: it works with the agent you already pay for. Claude Code runs on your Claude plan, Codex on your ChatGPT plan and Cursor on your Cursor plan. OpenCode and Kilo Code can use free models. Glowstone gives that agent your notes, meetings and tools, and takes no cut.
Glowstone is free
- The app: free to download and use, with no account and no card.
- Transcription and dictation: free, with Whisper running on your Mac. No per-minute fees, no word limits.
- The AI: the agent you already use, on your own plan, or free models through OpenCode and Kilo Code. We take no cut.
Try it on your own work.
Free, with the agent you already use. Your files stay on your Mac.
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