Scout, our startup · 2024
Scout: one search bar for your whole life
Scout was a unified search engine for personal data, with a home screen that pulls your calendar, focus timer and news into one place. We took it from idea to MVP and interviewed with Y Combinator, Neo, Pear VC and Antler.
- role
- co-founder
- team
- co-founded with Eric Chen
- stage
- MVP
The Scout demo, May 2024.
The problem
Your life is spread across a calendar, a to-do list, notes, inboxes and a dozen open tabs. Finding one thing means first remembering which app it lives in, and starting your day means opening five of them.
What we built
Scout was a unified search engine for personal data. One search bar sits on top of everything, and the home screen gathers what you need to start the day: your calendar for today and tomorrow, a focus timer, the news that’s relevant to you and a quote to start on. Widgets can be added and removed, so the page fits how each person works.
What I did
I co-founded Scout with Eric Chen and worked on the product and design from idea to MVP. We interviewed with Y Combinator, Neo, Pear VC and Antler.
What I learned
A dashboard that does a bit of everything is easy to like and hard to need. Since Scout, the first question I ask about any product is which single job is painful enough that someone will switch tools for it.