Hyprnote was born from frustration.
John's sales background meant living through countless meetings where existing tools transcribed but didn't go further. As a heavy note-taker for over 20 years who has tried every app in the market — Obsidian, Logseq, Apple Notes, and more — he has very specific taste and strong opinions about what a note-taking tool should be.
Yujong's open-source background brought the conviction that solutions must be transparent and community-driven. Create massive value first, capture some of it later.
Together, we wanted craft and simplicity. Trustworthy, reliable, uncompromising.
Perfect Timing
LLMs changed everything. Ideas prototype faster, models run locally, hardware keeps improving. On-device AI assistants went from impossible to real.