Arky

Arky is a visual workspace designed for complex thinking, helping users turn raw, fragmented ideas into clear, structured knowledge. It combines a spatial canvas with AI assistance to help researchers, students, and builders organize their thoughts, map connections, and produce structured outputs. The tool is currently in open beta and is used by people at universities including Stanford, Oxford, Yale, and UC Berkeley.

• Spatial Canvas — Dump raw fragments, then drag, group, and nest them into a clear hierarchical structure on a freeform canvas.
• AI Augmentation — An AI assistant that understands your canvas context helps sharpen thinking, generate diagrams, and organize content.
• Docs View — Switch from canvas to a focused document view to flesh out details in a linear writing flow.
• PDF Integration — Keep a PDF open alongside your canvas, highlight relevant content, and drag it directly into your draft.
• Diagram Generation — Turn your canvas content into clear visual diagrams with AI in seconds.
• Mindmap View — Understand your project's structure at a glance using an auto-generated mindmap.
• Concept Connections — Use arrows to show how ideas and concepts relate to each other across the canvas.
• Real-time Collaboration — Collaborate live with teammates (currently in alpha) to structure work together.
• Export Options — Save work as Markdown or Docs; PDF and PowerPoint export coming soon.
• Focused Topic Canvases — Step into a dedicated canvas for a specific topic and return to find everything neatly organized.