As one of OLVA's co-founders, I'm obviously biased—but I'm also one of its heaviest users. I rely on it every day for customer calls, product discussions, hiring interviews, investor meetings, and even in-person conversations.
We built OLVA because we experienced the same frustration as everyone else: trying to stay engaged in a conversation while taking notes, remembering important details, finding answers, and thinking about what to say next. Existing tools did a great job of documenting meetings afterward, but very little to help while the meeting was actually happening.
That's why OLVA is designed to be an invisible AI companion, not just another note-taking app. It works quietly in the background without adding a bot to your meetings, providing real-time transcription, automatic question detection, instant contextual answers, live insights, and AI coaching while the conversation is still in progress.
One feature I personally use all the time is asking OLVA questions during meetings. Whether I need to recall something mentioned earlier, clarify a technical concept, or quickly verify information, I can get an answer without interrupting the flow of the conversation. After the meeting, everything is already organized into summaries, action items, Sticky Notes, and a searchable meeting memory that I can chat with later.
The most rewarding part has been seeing people use OLVA in ways we never initially imagined—from sales calls and customer meetings to interviews, podcasts, language learning, and in-person conversations. That's when you realize you've built something that's more than a meeting recorder—it's a true AI companion for conversations.
