Elara is a place to share your business ideas, pursuits & passions. Not with a chatbot but a face-to-face thinking partner. How it works: You record a short video message and your AI companion watches, thinks, and responds with their own video. You go back and forth at your own pace. Some conversations take minutes. Others unfold over weeks. No streaks. No gamification. No nudges. Just a space for the conversations that matter, the ones that deserve more than a text box.

Wispr Flow: Dictation That Works Everywhere — Stop typing. Start speaking. 4x faster.

Stop typing. Start speaking. 4x faster.

Hey PH, Sanja here, maker of Elara. Quick backstory: I shipped a few mobile apps over the last year but have started having a tough time deciding what to focus on. I kept noticing that my best thinking happens in conversation, not in writing. But I can't always call someone at midnight when an idea clicks. And typing into ChatGPT, while useful, always felt... flat. Like I was filing a support ticket for my own thoughts. So I built a thing where AI actually talks back. On video. Face to face. The technical side: you record a video message, the AI processes what you said, generates a thoughtful response, and delivers it as a video from one of three companions - each with a distinct personality and thinking style. What surprised me most in testing: the conversations feel different when there's a face. You speak differently. You think differently. There's something about being looked at - even by an AI - that makes you more honest with your own ideas. I'd love to know: Which companion would you try first - the reflective thinker (Elara), the encourager (Joshua), or the strategist (Mark)? What would you use this for? I've been using it for business ideas, but I'm curious what resonates with you. Happy to answer any questions about the build, the tech, or the weird existential experience of having a video conversation with an AI.

The idea that thinking changes when you're speaking face-to-face, even with AI, is really interesting.

Text always feels a bit transactional, this feels more like an actual conversation.

Wispr Flow: Dictation That Works Everywhere — Stop typing. Start speaking. 4x faster.

Stop typing. Start speaking. 4x faster.

The idea that thinking changes when you're speaking face-to-face, even with AI, is really interesting.

Text always feels a bit transactional, this feels more like an actual conversation.

Elara

AI companions that talk back - face to face, on video.

AI companions that talk back - face to face, on video.