Hyprnote was born from frustration.
John's sales background meant living through countless meetings where existing tools transcribed but didn't go further.
Yujong's open-source background brought the conviction that solutions must be transparent and community-driven. Create massive value first, capture some of it later.
Together with Duck, we wanted craft and simplicity. Trustworthy, reliable, uncompromising.
Perfect Timing
LLMs changed everything. Ideas prototype faster, models run locally, hardware keeps improving. On-device AI assistants went from impossible to real.