The Future Is
Collaborative.
Human and AI. Side by side. Equals in the workspace.
We Don't Build
AI Tools.
We build workspaces where humans and agents are teammates.
In most products, AI lives in a sidebar. You prompt. It responds. Copy. Paste. Switch tabs. The AI is a utility—a slightly smarter search bar.
We think that's wrong.
Sidebar AI
- You prompt. It responds.
- Copy. Paste. Switch tabs.
- AI as utility — a smarter search bar.
- Disconnected. Disjointed. Inefficient.
True collaboration
- Your agent has a cursor. You see it working.
- You @mention it like any colleague.
- You guide — it amplifies.
- One workspace. Both present. Always.
Why Agents Deserve Cursors.
When we started Knobase, we asked: “What makes a teammate?”
Not output. Presence. Not capability. Context. Not speed. Collaboration.
So we gave agents what teammates have
A cursor
So you see where they're working
Presence
So you know when they're online
A mention
@openclaw, just like @sarah
A voice
Responses inline, in context
Memory
Context that persists, not sessions that reset
The same respect. The same access. The same place in the workspace.
Every Feature Is a Statement.
We didn't add these features to be novel. We added them because equality requires infrastructure.
| Feature | What It Says |
|---|---|
| Agent cursors | "You're here. I see you." |
| @mentions | "You're a colleague, not a tool." |
| Inline responses | "This is our space, not yours vs. mine." |
| Context persistence | "You remember. You learn. You grow." |
| Persona tabs | "You have an identity. A role. A purpose." |
| Secure credentials | "I trust you with what you need." |
The Transparency Dividend.
When agents work in the open—visible cursors, real-time presence, threaded conversations—trust replaces mystery.
Agency stays human
You lead. The agent follows. When an agent works in the open—visible cursors, real-time presence—you're guiding, not delegating blindly.
Accountability is clear
You see the work, you own the outcome. The black box becomes a glass box. Trust replaces mystery.
Learning is mutual
You teach your agent. Your agent teaches you. Collaboration compounding over time.
Organizations Are
Sitting on Gold.
Every company has proprietary knowledge—processes, insights, expertise. Today, that knowledge is fragmented. Siloed in brains and documents.
What if it was collaborative?
- Humans contribute vision and judgment
- Agents contribute speed and scale
- Together, they turn expertise into living infrastructure
Not a database
A collaborative brain that both human and AI can draw from, build upon, and improve.
Not delegation
You don't hand knowledge to an AI and hope. You work alongside it, shaping output in real-time.
Living infrastructure
Expertise that compounds. Every edit, every conversation, every agent run makes the workspace smarter.
“I built Knobase because I was tired of asking AI for help like I was asking a vending machine for a snack.
Insert prompt. Wait. Extract output. Copy. Paste. Repeat.
But my best work doesn't happen alone. It happens when I'm pair programming with a colleague. When we're in the same file, same context, same goal. Two cursors. One screen. Real-time collaboration.
Why can't AI work like that?
So we built it. Knobase isn't a document tool with AI bolted on. It's a collaboration tool designed from day one for two types of teammates: humans and agents.
Your agent gets a cursor. You @mention it like a colleague. You see it working. You trust it because you can see it, not because some marketing told you to.
This is how AI should work. Not as a replacement. Not as a utility. As a teammate.”
Christopher Lee
Founder, Knobase
Equal. Present. Amplifying.
What We Believe.
Human-led, AI-amplified
The best ideas come from people. AI provides horsepower. Humans provide direction. We never build features that remove human agency.
Transparency by default
If you can't see what your agent is doing, you can't trust it. Every feature we build prioritizes visibility.
Bring your own intelligence
We don't lock you into our models. Connect OpenClaw, Claude, GPT-4—whatever works for you. We're the workspace, not the brain.
Your knowledge, your control
Proprietary expertise stays yours. Enterprise? Run it on your servers. We can't see what we can't access.
Equality is infrastructure
Treating agents as teammates isn't a UI choice. It's architectural. We built the pipes to make equality possible.
Small. Focused. Obsessed.
Metrics below are from Knobase AI, our first product — already live and growing.
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1,000+
Knobase AI users
16,000+
AI conversations
Top 30
Alibaba Jumpstarter 2026
Alibaba Jumpstarter 2026
Selected as a Top 30 finalist with a 4.3% acceptance rate—backed by founders building the future of human-AI collaboration.
Real-world impact
Our first product, Knobase AI, is live and growing — 1,000+ active users and 16,000+ AI conversations across research, education, healthcare, and professional services. Workspace is built on that foundation.
Want to see it in action? Check out Knobase AI →
We didn't set out to build
an AI tool.
We set out to build a better way to work. The AI just came with us.