If you want to think clearly, pick up a pen.
Engage Your Brain
Handwriting activates memory, creativity, and comprehension in ways typing never will.
Deeper Understanding
Slowing down to write helps you process and internalize what you're working on.
Analog-First AI
We combine the power of paper with AI, not to replace thinking, but to support and extend it.
How It Works
1. Write
Scribble notes, sketch ideas, or outline thoughts on any piece of paper.
2. Snap
Take a picture. CursivePower transcribes it with surprising accuracy and understands the content.
3. Augment
Use simple commands like `[RESEARCH: ...]` to turn your notes into structured ideas, outlines, and insights.
The Goal is Augmented Cognition.
We're building AI that helps you learn, not skip learning. AI that helps you explore ideas, not avoid them. Our goal is to make you a sharper, more reflective, and more capable thinker.
The Tech Behind the Scenes
- ✓Camera-first mobile web app
- ✓High-fidelity handwriting OCR (Qwen 2.5 VL)
- ✓Modular agent system for reasoning & research
- ✓Markdown-based knowledge artifacts
- ✓Supabase-backed project storage
- ✓Synthesis engine for polished documents
The Cognitive Difference
Most AI tools are built to replace human thought. They summarize things we haven’t absorbed, write things we haven’t conceptualized, and answer questions we haven’t even wrestled with. They make us faster—but not always smarter.
Cognitive science keeps reminding us of something ancient and obvious: If you want to think clearly, pick up a pen.
Handwriting engages the brain’s spatial and motor systems. It slows us down just enough to understand what we’re doing. It activates memory, creativity, and comprehension in ways typing never will. Cursive Power is an analog-first cognitive engine built on this principle. It doesn’t take over the thinking—it helps you think better.