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Char: Open source AI notepad for meetings

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Updated: Apr 13, 2026 ·

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Type: Startup
Status: Active
Founded: 2025
Employees: 1-10
IPO Status: Private

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Char is a Y Combinator-backed company that open source AI notepad for meetings. The company participated in the Summer 2025 batch of Y Combinator.

Char is an open source Granola alternative that never locks you in. It's local-first and filesystem-based like Obsidian. Also, it provides ways to use on-device AI models or BYOK.

Char was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2025 cohort, has a team of approximately 4 employees, and is actively operating.

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