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PROJECT NOVA

A personal AI assistant built from scratch. Voice-activated. Always on. Knows everything about you and your world.

Calming voice. Sharp mind. Always on.

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The Vision

What if your AI actually
knew you?

Not your search history. Not your preferences file. You. Your businesses, your people, your decisions, your patterns, your voice, your trajectory. What if it was always listening for its name, and when you said it, it answered with real intelligence about your real life?

That's Nova. Not a product you buy. A system you build. Using components that exist right now, off the shelf, connected by one brain that runs on everything you already own.

You "Nova."
Nova "Hey."
You "What do I have today?"
Nova "Two calls this morning, a site visit at 2, and you blocked tonight. Three emails came in overnight that actually matter. The rest is noise."
You "Did Sarah respond yet?"
Nova "Not yet. It's been 3 days. Want me to draft a follow-up in your voice?"
How It Works

Four layers. One loop.

Nova follows the same architecture as every great AI assistant. Four layers working in a continuous cycle.

👁
Eyes
Cameras, sensors, wearables, and data feeds across your physical and digital world
→
🧠
Brain
AI with deep personal context, persistent memory, and access to all your systems
→
⚡
Action
Drafts emails, resolves conflicts, dispatches teams, and manages your environment
→
🔊
Voice
Speaks back with a calming, personalized voice through any surface
What Nova Does

An assistant that actually assists.

Not reminders and timers. Real intelligence about your real life, delivered before you ask.

🎙
Wake Word Activation
Say "Nova" from anywhere in your home or office. She's always listening for her name, never recording anything else.
📱
Mobile Access
Trigger Nova from your phone, AirPods, or Apple Watch. She goes where you go.
🧠
Total Context
Connected to your email, calendar, Slack, financials, and knowledge graph. She knows what Siri never could.
💬
Your Voice, Not AI Voice
Drafts messages, emails, and responses that sound like you. Because she's studied how you communicate.
🎯
Drift Detection
Tracks your stated priorities against how you actually spend time. Flags when you're off track before you notice.
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Decision Coaching
Remembers every decision you've made, every pattern you've repeated. Brings receipts when you need them.
❤️
Energy Aware
Reads your biometrics from Apple Watch. Adjusts recommendations based on sleep, stress, and schedule density.
🏠
Physical World
Cameras and sensors at your properties feed into Nova. She detects issues and responds before they become emergencies.
Build Roadmap

Building in public. One layer at a time.

Each phase is independently valuable. Phase 1 alone changes how you interact with AI every day.

Complete
The Brain
Persistent memory, knowledge graph, identity context, system access. The intelligence layer is live.
Phase 1 — Up Next
The Voice
Desktop wake word activation. Voice in, voice out. Say "Nova" and she responds. The core loop.
Phase 2
The Reach
Mobile access via phone, AirPods, and Apple Watch. Nova in your pocket.
Phase 3
The Awareness
Proactive monitoring agents. Email watchers, calendar intelligence, end-of-day summaries.
Phase 4
The Body
Health and wearable integration. Energy-aware scheduling. Biometric intelligence.
Phase 5
The Home
Smart home integration. Morning routines. Work mode transitions. Ambient environment control.
Phase 6
The Eyes
Physical sensors and cameras. AI-powered detection and response. The full loop closes.
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Who's Building This

Shawn Mendel

Operator. Builder. CEO of three companies in Cleveland, Ohio — asset management, renovations, and systems development. Not an AI researcher. Not a big tech engineer. Just someone who got tired of switching between 15 tabs and decided to build something better.

Nova started as a question: "What if my AI actually knew me?" Now it's a build.

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