Webpages, conversations, files, Claude artifacts, tasks, events — all captured in a single artifact model so any one can reference, link, or be retrieved alongside any other.
Five layers, one memory. Raw artifacts flow up the stack into chunks, abstractions, a graph, and synthesis — then back down into every chat.
1 · Capture
2 · Process
3 · Recall
Webpage
Chat
PDF
Artifact
Task
Event
Your Brain
chunks · entities · claims · graph
Claude
Gemini
GPT
Inside the Brain
Layer 1
Raw artifact
URL, body, file, metadata captured as-is.
Layer 2
Chunks + embeddings
Split + vectorized so any chat can find it.
Layer 3
Abstractions
Entities, claims, questions extracted.
Layer 4
Graph
Links by topic, URL, references, derived-from.
Layer 5
Synthesis
Themes, recurring questions, contradictions.
On every answer
retrieval-tracelive
retrieving memory…
Step 1
Capture
Clip a page, drop a file, save a Claude artifact, or just chat. Anything meaningful becomes an artifact in your Brain.
Step 2
Process
Overlay chunks, embeds, extracts entities, claims, and questions, then connects them into a personal knowledge graph.
Step 3
Recall
Next time you chat — with any model — the Brain retrieves the right memories, shows the trace, and lets you correct what's wrong.
Multi-model
One brain, every frontier model
Overlay routes through Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and OpenAI GPT — pick the right one for each task. The Brain, your context, and your memory stay the same.
Switch models mid-thread without losing context
One memory shared across every provider
Use the best model for each task — Sonnet for code, Gemini for long context, GPT for reasoning
Inspectable & private
An AI you can audit
Every retrieved memory is logged with a trace. Vendor blobs and raw prompts aren't kept by default. You can correct, archive, or forget any artifact.
Trace every answer
Click the trace chip on any assistant reply to see exactly which artifacts, chunks, and claims were injected.
Correct & dismiss
Claims aren't facts. Mark them as wrong, supersede them, or pin the ones that matter — your Brain learns what you trust.
Forget anything
Delete an artifact and its chunks, embeddings, claims, links, and traces go with it. Privacy defaults are conservative on purpose.
Use it anywhere
Web today. Everywhere next.
Start with the web app and Chrome extension. CLI, public API, MCP server, and iOS capture are on the way.
Live now
Web app
Open the Brain workspace, ingest URLs and files, inspect every trace.
Open
Live now
Browser extension
Clip pages, drop into chat, save Claude artifacts — straight from your browser.
Open
Beta · Q3
Public API
Push artifacts and query memory with API keys. Stable /api/v1 with key prefixes.
Join the beta to get early access.
COMING SOON
Coming soon
MCP server· Soon
Expose your Brain to Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-aware tool.
Notify me when it ships
COMING SOON
Coming soon
CLI· Soon
overlay ingest, overlay search, overlay trace — your Brain from the terminal.
Notify me when it ships
COMING SOON
Coming soon
iOS app· Soon
Capture from share sheet, ask your Brain on the go, sync everywhere.
Notify me when it ships
Why now
The personal AI moment is finally here
Builders and researchers have been calling for it for years: an AI that's actually yours, with your context, your memory, your taste. Overlay is one shape of that idea.
Personal LLMsInspired by
"The long-running thread of Software 2.0 and personal LLMs: a future where you talk to your own model, with your own context, instead of a generic one."
Andrej Karpathy
Tesla AI, OpenAI · @karpathy
Tools for thoughtInspired by
"Tools for thought and the "second brain" workflow keep coming back because the problem is real — your knowledge is scattered across 12 apps that don't talk."
Garry Tan
President & CEO, Y Combinator
Second BrainInspired by
"Capture, organize, distill, express. The discipline that millions of knowledge workers already practice — Overlay automates the boring half."
Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte · the BASB movement
PKG / GraphInspired by
"Note-taking apps figured out the graph. LLMs figured out language. Overlay is what happens when you put them in the same memory."
Personal Knowledge Graphs
GBrain · TheBrain · Roam · Obsidian community
These are public ideas from the personal-AI conversation, not endorsements. We're building one answer to the same question they've been asking.
Tarification simple et transparente
Choisissez le plan qui vous convient le mieux. Tous les plans incluent un essai gratuit de 14 jours.
Gratuit
0 $/mois
Fonctionnalités de base pour un usage personnel
Prise de notes de base (max 50 notes)
Assistance à la navigation contextuelle
Accès à 2 modèles LLM (GPT-3.5, Claude Gratuit)
Exportez vos données à tout moment
Intégration Google Agenda
Intégration Google Tasks
Historique de complétion illimité
Glisser-déposer d'images
Support PDF de base
Accès aux modèles premium (GPT-4.5, Claude Sonnet 3.7, etc.)
Support prioritaire
Overlay Pro
$3/mois
Populaire
Everything you need for Overlay
No note limits
Assistance à la navigation contextuelle
Accès à 6 modèles LLM (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini)
Exportez vos données à tout moment
Intégration Google Agenda
Intégration Google Tasks
Full completion history
Glisser-déposer d'images
Support PDF standard
Accès aux modèles premium (GPT-4.5, Claude Sonnet 3.7, etc.)
Support prioritaire
Questions fréquemment posées
Puis-je changer de plan ?
Oui, vous pouvez passer à un plan supérieur ou inférieur à tout moment. Les changements prendront effet lors du prochain cycle de facturation.
Y a-t-il un essai gratuit ?
Tous les plans payants incluent un essai gratuit de 14 jours, aucune carte de crédit n'est requise pour commencer.
Quels moyens de paiement acceptez-vous ?
Nous acceptons toutes les principales cartes de crédit, ainsi que PayPal. Les clients entreprise peuvent payer par facture.
Puis-je utiliser mes propres clés API ?
Yes, Overlay Pro lets you use your own API keys for various LLM providers to control your usage and costs.
What our users say
What our users say
Researchers, developers, and writers using Overlay as their second brain.
"Finally an AI that doesn't make me re-explain my project every morning. The Brain remembers the docs I clipped, the decisions I made, and the dead-ends I already hit."
S
Sarah Johnson
PM, infra startup
"I bounce between Claude and Gemini all day. Overlay is the only place my context lives in one shape — everything else feels like starting over."
M
Michael Chen
Software engineer
"The retrieval trace is the part that sold me. I can see exactly which note, page, or claim it pulled — and tell it when it's wrong."
E
Emma Rodriguez
Researcher
"Finally an AI that doesn't make me re-explain my project every morning. The Brain remembers the docs I clipped, the decisions I made, and the dead-ends I already hit."
S
Sarah Johnson
PM, infra startup
"I bounce between Claude and Gemini all day. Overlay is the only place my context lives in one shape — everything else feels like starting over."
M
Michael Chen
Software engineer
"The retrieval trace is the part that sold me. I can see exactly which note, page, or claim it pulled — and tell it when it's wrong."
E
Emma Rodriguez
Researcher
"Finally an AI that doesn't make me re-explain my project every morning. The Brain remembers the docs I clipped, the decisions I made, and the dead-ends I already hit."
S
Sarah Johnson
PM, infra startup
"I bounce between Claude and Gemini all day. Overlay is the only place my context lives in one shape — everything else feels like starting over."
M
Michael Chen
Software engineer
"The retrieval trace is the part that sold me. I can see exactly which note, page, or claim it pulled — and tell it when it's wrong."
E
Emma Rodriguez
Researcher
"Finally an AI that doesn't make me re-explain my project every morning. The Brain remembers the docs I clipped, the decisions I made, and the dead-ends I already hit."
S
Sarah Johnson
PM, infra startup
"I bounce between Claude and Gemini all day. Overlay is the only place my context lives in one shape — everything else feels like starting over."
M
Michael Chen
Software engineer
"The retrieval trace is the part that sold me. I can see exactly which note, page, or claim it pulled — and tell it when it's wrong."
E
Emma Rodriguez
Researcher
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