[msephton]

I remember a few projects like this, the first I saw was called Savant Recall in 2014. But it failed to be selected for YC, so was set free as open-source. Napster co-founder Ritter picked it up, renamed it Atlas Recall (2016), gave it a new UI, secured $20M in funding. A year later it was suddenly shutdown. On LinkedIn says "acquired by Xinova". Another one I'd heard of was called Apse (2019).

[vitovito]

Savant Recall demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_RtbBaWIG8

Original Savant source? https://bitbucket.org/theluxury/savant/src/master/

Videos of how the later Atlas Recall worked: https://www.youtube.com/@atlasinformatics3316/videos

[msephton]

Interestingly, Xinova itself was shut down in 2021. it seems it was some sort of patent hoarding company, though they called it a "network of inventors". https://www.geekwire.com/2021/invention-network-company-xino...