Kortyx
Hey HN I’m Dima. I built Kortyx after a failed attempt to find product-market fit with an AI product-analytics startup. When it was time to pivot i was looking for other ideas and figured that i constantly struggled with getting users to provide "ideal" context to my agents. it resulted in weak prompts, degraded agent performance, etc etc. So i thought what is instead of asking every user to provide background, Kortyx captured the context directly and then served it at the right time. Kortyx is a desktop app (Windows + macOS) that quietly sees what you see and builds a private memory layer…
Kortyx launched on September 18, 2025 with 10 votes, #1,170 of 8,160 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Kortyx sees what you see and builds a private memory layer from your digital life. Instantly recall anything you’ve read or watched with Ask Memory, or supercharge any AI with rich context using Memory Boost for answers that feel almost telepathic.
Kortyx learns how you work, suggests tasks it can take off your plate, and does them for you. Delegate from desktop chat or Telegram.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN I’m Dima. I built Kortyx after a failed attempt to find product-market fit with an AI product-analytics startup. When it was time to pivot i was looking for other ideas and figured that i constantly struggled with getting users to provide "ideal" context to my agents. it resulted in weak prompts, degraded…
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