· ABOUT · OPERATOR LOG

Your thoughts set the pace.
AI makes it work.

Talkie is a collection of apps for builders who like to own their tools.

· THE STORY

The point isn't to talk faster, type faster, move faster.Sure, that helps, and of course we do that.It's to own the way you think and the way you work.

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· LOG ENTRY

BY ARACH T.

The way work happens now demands a different velocity. Parallel thoughts, parallel surfaces, parallel models all running at once. I lived in SuperWhisper, Wispr Flow, and dozens more. None did more than dictation. Their business models made it hard to be open. So I started building little things to keep up. They found their way back into Talkie.

A native macOS app that lives in your menu bar, transcribes locally on your Mac, and gets out of your way. No subscriptions, no cloud dependency. Press a key, speak, your words land wherever you’re already working: Cursor, Slack, the terminal, the model you’re talking to.

Dictation was the start. Talkie is becoming a place to think, work, reflect, push things forward. Not a second brain. Not a race to zero-latency anything. Not full duplex. Just your thoughts, your workflows, your tools.

BUILT FOR BUILDERS

· THE OPERATOR

Who's behind it.

Arach Tchoupani
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Arach Tchoupani

· FOUNDER & ENGINEER

15+ years in tech, from software engineer to CTO. Previously co-founded Breathe Life (acquired 2022), worked at Meta on Creators and Facebook. Now focused on AI-powered tools that make work feel more natural. Based in Montreal, in SF often.

4 ventures · 1 exit
Montreal / SF
AI pilled, voice pilled

· THIS IS TALKIE

A selfie. For your thoughts.
A memo is all you need.

Voice capture, local-first, auditable signal path. Your words stay on your devices.

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ON THE GO

Talkie for Mobile.

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