Kosmik, a collaborative visual software business, announced last week that it had raised $3.7 million in seed funding.
Kosmik is rethinking the desktop interface, which has remained mostly untouched since its inception and has fallen behind how we gather, link, and exchange information today.
Our desktops are still limited to our individual machines and structured in a rigid hierarchy of files and folders. This setup imposes limits on everyone who works with information on a daily basis.
Kosmik allows users to collect a large amount of information and create and retain the connections between them on a freeform canvas. Kosmik includes an integrated browser, PDF reader, and text editor, allowing users to surf the web, read PDFs, import files, annotate, and pull excerpts directly onto the canvas all from within the program.
The end result is a granular desktop that serves as a networked library of materials and ideas that users can share with others via a public website and interact on in multiplayer mode.
The system is also privacy-focused, with all data encrypted on the user’s device and peer-to-peer, eliminating the need for cloud services – a notable feature in an increasingly cloud-reliant society.
The Kosmik is now introducing its initial AI functions, including auto-tagging, smart mood boards, and the ability to bump data from websites.
“With traditional desktops, a file can only live in one folder at a time, even if it might be related to others.
If you pull it out, you break its ties. As a result, we lose the full context, can’t easily find what we need, and wonder, “why did I save this?” Kosmik was created out of the desire to arrange our knowledge in a personal, intuitive, and spacial way.”
Paul Rony, Kosmik Founder
Kosmik will use this investment to scale its operations, build more integrations, and grow its team.
