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+---
+type: idea
+title: axon
+tags: [memory, ai, context, agents, software]
+status: explored
+first_captured: 2025-09-14
+updated: 2026-04-10
+sources:
+ - sources/apple-notes/archived/axon.md
+ - sources/apple-notes/archived/build-notes.md
+---
+
+# axon
+
+a memory/context system — initially positioned as a personal memory layer for AI agents and humans. competitors identified: Hyperspell (context/memory for agents only), Supermemory, memory.store, pokee.ai.
+
+evaluation from 10.16: "kinda slow to activate, lots of alternatives, would take some time to make a decent MVP." the space was already crowded. key components identified: organization (critical and lacking in competitors), privacy implementations, ease of use.
+
+strategic direction: focus on one or two robust applications best for yourself first ("both just useful & good story"), then market based on those. this is part of the broader [[me-model|me model]] and [[always-on-ai-assistant|always-on AI assistant]] vision where all your context is indexed and retrievable. the [[life-search|life search]] idea is the query interface for what axon would store.
+
+---
+
+## timeline
+
+- [2025-09-14] initial interest in AI agents and graph-of-models approaches (n8n, CrewAI, LangGraph)
+- [2025-10-16] evaluation — determined too slow to activate, too many alternatives