Khoj, Inc.
Khoj is an open-source, personal AI application designed to serve as a second brain by allowing users to search and chat with their notes, documents, and the web.
At a Glance
- Software Developers
- Researchers
- Privacy-conscious individuals
- Open-source community
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A cross-platform desktop application (Windows, Mac, Linux) for local AI assistance.
Integration allowing users to chat with their Obsidian vaults.
The original plugin for searching and chatting with Org-mode files.
A mobile-friendly way to interact with the personal AI assistant.
Market Position
Khoj positions itself as a privacy-first, open-source alternative to centralized AI assistants like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, emphasizing user ownership of data and transparency.
Leadership
Founders
Debanjum Singh Solanky
CEO & Co-founder. Previously a Software Engineer at Microsoft working on Azure and Teams. Education: Dartmouth College (Economics and Computer Science).
Saba Imran
Co-founder. Previously led Product and Growth at Probably Genetic, an AI platform for genetic disease diagnosis.
Executive Team
Debanjum Singh Solanky
CEO & Co-founder
Former Microsoft Engineer and Dartmouth graduate.
Saba Imran
Co-founder
Former Product lead at Probably Genetic.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Khoj began as an open-source side project by Debanjum Singh Solanky to improve search capabilities for his personal notes in Org-mode. Recognizing the broader potential for a private, transparent AI assistant, he partnered with Saba Imran to build a platform that indexes and interacts with a wide range of personal data types.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Previously operated a subscription-based Cloud SaaS model; currently focused on open-source distribution and potential enterprise support.
Pricing Tiers
Users can host their own instance for free with full feature access.
Former hosted service sunsetted in April 2026.
Target Markets
- Software Developers
- Researchers
- Privacy-conscious individuals
- Open-source community
- Personal knowledge management (PKM)
- Academic and professional research
- Private AI search and chat
- Developer productivity and documentation search
- Individual power users
- Academic researchers
- Open-source contributors