TwinMind aims to assist individuals in enhancing their memory and cognitive abilities through artificial intelligence technology. By acting as a supplementary brain, it can help in organizing and retaining essential information. This tool could be particularly beneficial for those experiencing memory challenges due to age or fatigue. The innovative approach of TwinMind offers a promising solution to support individuals in managing and recalling important details effectively. Its advanced features can potentially revolutionize how people interact with and rely on technology to augment their mental capabilities.
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The appeal is undeniable: never forget anything important ever again. The method is practical: using the phone you carry with you everywhere you go. And the results are promising, if not a full delivery on the promise. It’s called TwinMind, and it’s an AI-powered “second brain” to help our aging, tired, and forgetful first brains capture and remember everything important.
“We think of TwinMind like Jarvis from Iron Man or a second brain,” CEO Daniel George told me on the TechFirst podcast. "The idea is to have an AI that just understands your whole life and can help you in real time proactively before you even ask."
I’ve been testing the TwinMind app in pre-release beta for several weeks now. Turn it on when you are in a meeting or having important conversations, and TwinMind will record and transcribe everything that’s going on. Check it later, and it’ll provide a clean and efficient summary of the conversation, along with suggested action items for follow-up.
Just one example: I turned it on during a meeting with a client. Checking the record in TwinMind today, I find a pre-suggested question: “How does competitor analysis vary in Korea and China compared to elsewhere?” Impressive, to say the least.
Having a powerful AI friend walk around with you everywhere you go is not a new idea. It’s recently been tried with other devices but using a separate piece of hardware for the purpose means carrying around yet another thing, charging it, sometimes paying for a cellular subscription for it, and learning a new user interface. The markets have essentially spoken at this point and said that’s a non-starter.
So TwinMind runs as an app on your phone. George says it’s so efficient, running on Apple Silicon on iOS, that it doesn’t drain your battery excessively, even if you use it all day.
Because TwinMind runs on-device, it doesn’t send recordings or data to the cloud by default. It uses several local LLMs for transcription and intelligence, switching between various flavors for different tasks. If you wish, you can encrypt your data with Apple’s security protocols, and if you want a backup, you can choose to store backups in iCloud.
Privacy is another benefit to keeping things on-device. "Unless you choose to back it up, everything can stay locally on your phone," George says.
90% of our memories are lost within a week, TwinMind says. This is one way to keep them organized and retained. Over the long term, personal AIs could grow to help us manage our finances, home responsibilities, and more, acting as a personal assistant that remembers everything.
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