Why we built OpenMode AI and what we believe about productivity, focus, and the future of knowledge work.
Your brain wasn't designed for juggling seventeen browser tabs, three PDF readers, two note-taking apps, and a chat interface, all while trying to absorb complex information and think deeply.
Every app switch is a context switch. Every context switch kills momentum. And momentum is everything when you're trying to understand something complex, solve a hard problem, or create something meaningful.
The future belongs to those who can think deeply, synthesize information effectively, and create genuine insights from complexity. But our tools are fighting against us.
We believe in using AI as a tool to help you think deeply, to make your mind more powerful, not as a replacement for your mind.
You, the knowledge worker, are smart. You are the one who should be in control of your thinking, not your tools.
Knowledge is power. Your tools should help you discover, explore, and understand the world around you.
Your thoughts should link back to their sources, so that you can find them and build on them. Knowledge builds on knowledge, and so should your tools.
Every interaction should feel instant. Lag is the enemy of flow state.
Information is infinite. Attention is finite. The winners will be those who can focus deeply, think clearly, and turn information into understanding faster than anyone else.
We are taking the AI inteface closer to your documents, so your conversation, notes, live as metadata with your documents, instead of taking your documents to the AI chat interface like ChatGPT etc.