pinakea
To help users connect their scattered digital material into a searchable knowledge system that works the way human thinking does (associative and traceable).
At a Glance
- Knowledge Workers
- Researchers
- Consultants
- Academics
- +1 more
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pinakea
AI Knowledge Base for macOS
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A searchable knowledge system that unifies browser clips, PDFs, screenshots, Mail, and Obsidian notes into one searchable body of work using semantic search and grounded AI chat.
Market Position
Positions itself as an 'intake layer' that complements curated storage like Notion and provides an integrated alternative to fragmented Obsidian plugin setups. Focuses on traceability and grounded AI over 'magic' summaries.
Leadership
Founders
Wolfgang Augustin
Managing Director at Reckoner GmbH; Independent Consultant at Augustin Management Consulting and Financial Modeling (2001-2019); background in consulting projects, software architecture, and research; educated at the University of Cambridge.
Executive Team
Wolfgang Augustin
Founder and Managing Director
Experienced consultant and software architect with a background in research and financial modeling.
Founding Story
Wolfgang Augustin built Pinakea after decades of collecting information across consulting, research, and personal life. He found that traditional hierarchical filing systems were ineffective for associative thinking, and existing AI tools often lacked traceability or privacy. He created Pinakea to be the 'intake layer' that unifies disparate sources with AI-powered search and chat.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Hybrid SaaS and software licensing model with a Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) approach for AI processing costs via OpenRouter. Uses Paddle as the Merchant of Record.
Pricing Tiers
AI titles, tags, summaries, semantic search, 50 chats/summaries during trial, unlimited items.
Everything in Free plus unlimited chat, unlimited deep summaries, browser access, and MCP bridge.
Everything in Free plus unlimited chat, unlimited deep summaries, browser access, MCP bridge, and includes the current major version.
Target Markets
- Knowledge Workers
- Researchers
- Consultants
- Academics
- Power Users of Notion/Obsidian
- Serious research and archiving
- Knowledge workers managing large content libraries
- Academic and professional study
- Unified digital intake for disparate sources
- Individual researchers
- Beta test cohort participants