Filed under Consumer · 2025
Dot (New Computer)
2023 - 2025, 3 years old
A personalized AI companion app pitched as an assistant that grows with you and keeps a living diary.
New Computer was founded by former Apple designer Jason Yuan and engineer Sam Whitmore, who raised $3.7 million from the OpenAI Startup Fund, Lachy Groom, and South Park Commons. Dot launched on iOS in June 2024 with a "Chronicles" feature that wrote a memory-rich journal of the user's life. On September 5, 2025 the co-founders announced their shared "Northstar had diverged" and would wind operations down. The app went offline on October 5, 2025. Third-party data put lifetime iOS downloads at roughly 24,500, and the shutdown landed in the middle of broader safety scrutiny of AI companion apps.
- Founded
- 2023-01
- Shut down
- 2025-10-05
- Funding raised
- $4M
- Years alive
- 3
- Founders
- Jason Yuan, Sam Whitmore