Edyt
Edyt is a solo-created AI text assistant that puts writing and reading tools inside the apps people already use. Users select text (or drag over text in a PDF, screenshot, or shared screen), press a shortcut, and receive the result where the text lives.
At a Glance
- Individual writers and professionals who work across multiple apps
- Students and engineers who need explanations of jargon or dense text
- Email, documentation, collaboration, CRM, and productivity users
- Mac and Windows users who want AI without switching to a chatbot window
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Edyt
AI Writing Assistant Any App
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Latest News
Edyt updated its Privacy Policy, reiterating that processed text is discarded and not used to train AI models.
Edyt launched on Product Hunt; founder Ahmad Ahandani presented it as AI for selected text, PDFs, and images across Mac and Windows apps.
Edyt explained why it is not distributed through the Mac App Store, citing the Accessibility API and Apple's App Sandbox constraints.
Edyt announced Alternatives, screen reading for unselectable text, and Ctrl+Shift+Space as a shortcut to reopen the toolbar.
Products & Services
Desktop app for macOS 12.3+ and Windows 10+ that brings AI actions into any editable text field through a keyboard shortcut.
Browser-based version that runs Edyt's core actions on text written or pasted in a browser, without installing the desktop app.
Rewrites selected text for tone, grammar, clarity, or a fuller rewrite, using the user's own rewrite instruction and inserting the result in place.
Checks selected text for grammar, spelling, and style issues in place, streams corrections, shows confidence indicators, and supports undo/redo.
Market Position
Edyt positions itself as an ambient, cross-application alternative to browser chatbots, built-in operating-system writing tools, command palettes, and Grammarly. Its differentiators are a single shortcut that works in any editable field, user-authored voice instructions and prompts, explain/translate capabilities, on-device OCR for unselectable text, and a generous free tier.
Leadership
Founders
Ahmad Ahandani
Software developer and full-time learner with a focus on front-end development technologies; his professional profile describes him as a software engineer in Vancouver and lists Cloudbeds as his employer. He says he built Edyt for his personal use.
Executive Team
Ahmad Ahandani
Founder and builder
Software developer/software engineer based in Vancouver; his public profiles identify Cloudbeds as his employer and describe a background in front-end development.
Founding Story
Ahmad Ahandani built Edyt to remove the repeated copy-and-paste tax of using AI: instead of switching to a chatbot, users can select text in the app where they are working, invoke a shortcut, and get the result back in place. The initial product vision was a lightweight macOS app that makes AI available in any editable field while preserving the user's voice and privacy.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Freemium subscription: a free plan with usage limits and a paid Pro plan with unlimited quick edits. Payments are processed by Stripe.
Pricing Tiers
No credit card required; approximately 130 quick edits per day, up to approximately 500 per week and 1,650 per month; email support.
Unlimited quick edits with no daily, weekly, or monthly cap; priority email support; cancel anytime.
Target Markets
- Individual writers and professionals who work across multiple apps
- Students and engineers who need explanations of jargon or dense text
- Email, documentation, collaboration, CRM, and productivity users
- Mac and Windows users who want AI without switching to a chatbot window
- Rewriting and polishing emails, documents, chat messages, and form text
- Proofreading grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style
- Generating alternative phrasings
- Explaining dense, technical, legal, or unfamiliar text
- Translating messages while preserving context
- Running repeatable personal or work prompts across applications