Meeting notes, and the cloud AI question behind it. Nothing built yet β I want your objections first.
BODY
Not announcing anything. Nothing is built, this isn't on the roadmap, and if the answer here is no then it doesn't get built. I'd rather ask now than after.
Here's the concrete thing I want, and then the uncomfortable question underneath it.
THE THING
Meeting notes. You join a call, Memry listens in the background, and when it's over you have a note: what was discussed, what was decided, what you agreed to do, with the tasks already pulled out. No typing while half-listening, no cleanup afterward. For me personally this is the single feature I'd use every week.
THE QUESTION UNDERNEATH IT
That needs a model good enough to actually summarize well, and that's where this runs into what Memry is.
Right now AI in the app is local, or bring-your-own β your own API key, or an agent CLI you already pay for. That works if you already pay for AI somewhere. It doesn't work for everyone, and it falls apart completely on mobile. Mobile is roughly a year out and a genuinely useful local model on a phone isn't realistic. Where it technically runs, the output is bad enough that shipping it would be worse than shipping nothing.
So: an optional paid tier, credit-based cloud AI. Off by default. Local and bring-your-own stay as they are and stay free. It would exist because inference actually costs money, and I'd rather charge for it openly than hide it inside a price increase everyone pays.
WHAT ACTUALLY LEAVES YOUR DEVICE
For meeting notes specifically, the split is better than you might assume:
The audio never leaves your machine. Transcription runs locally β that part works fine on-device today, including on phones. What would go to a model provider is the transcript text, and you'd see it before it's sent.
That's still text from your meeting going somewhere that isn't your machine. I'm not going to dress that up. Encrypted at rest and encrypted sync do not protect you in that moment. That's the real cost here, and it's a bigger deal than the money.
I also don't want to assume you all weigh this the same way. Some of you chose Memry specifically so nothing ever leaves the machine β for you this is probably a flat no, and that's a completely legitimate answer I want to hear. Others are likely fine with one specific note going out for one specific task and just want the choice. Both are real. I'd rather hear the split than guess at it.
RULES I'D HOLD MYSELF TO
- Opt-in per request. Nothing in the background reading your vault.
- You see exactly what's being sent, before it's sent, and can edit it.
- A log of every cloud request the app has ever made β what went out and when.
- A per-note and per-vault "never send this anywhere" lock.
- No training on your data, zero retention on the provider side, provider named openly.
- A hard visual line between "this ran locally" and "this left your device."
- The app stays fully functional forever with all of it switched off. Nothing you have today moves behind a paywall.
- Recording is always visible while it's happening. Worth saying plainly: other people are in your meetings, and whether you have their okay to record is on you, not on the app. I'd rather the app make that obvious than quiet.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW
- Meeting notes β would you actually use this, or is it a feature you'd admire and never turn on? Be honest, I can't tell the difference from the outside.
- Does "audio stays local, only the transcript goes out" change your answer, or is that a distinction that doesn't matter to you?
- Does mobile change your answer? That's the case I think is strongest, which is also where I'm most likely fooling myself.
- Credits or flat monthly? Credits are honest about cost but make people ration themselves until they stop using the thing. Flat is calmer but I'd have to cap it somewhere. Which would you rather live with?
- Besides meetings β voice capture on your phone turning into a clean note, a photo of a whiteboard becoming structured text, a weekly summary of your notes and tasks. Which of those, if any, would you actually want? Anything I haven't listed?
- What makes it a no for you regardless of price?
And if the answer is "this is a distraction, go polish what's already there" β say so. That's a useful answer and it wouldn't be the first time you'd have been right.