What does “Paredra” mean?
Paredra is Ancient Greek for “one who sits beside.” In Plato’s Laws it means an assessor, a second-chair counsel. The product is named for that role: an AI that sits beside you, grounded in your own data, instead of a generic assistant trained on the public internet.
How does the Whisperer work?
There is no bot: nothing joins the call or announces itself. Paredra captures the meeting audio directly from the meeting app on your Mac and transcribes it on your machine; the audio never leaves it. When the call ends you get a clean structured note with the summary, decisions, and action items, each point linked back to the moment in the recording where it was said.
What is the knowledge graph?
It is a live map of your work and life. People, projects, files, decisions, and the meetings that touch them, linked the way they actually relate. The graph is what lets Paredra answer questions across sources rather than searching one place at a time, and it is what makes the Whisperer feel like it already knows the room.
What kinds of data can I connect?
Start with what is already on your machine: any local folder, including your Dropbox, OneDrive, and Drive sync folders, plus Apple Photos. None of that needs an account connection. Your meeting notes also sync outward into your Obsidian vault as plain Markdown: files you own, readable by anything. For cloud-side sync, connect Google Calendar or pick exactly which files Paredra sees with the Google Drive picker. Cloud connectors for OneDrive, Dropbox, and Box are coming soon, and every connector can be turned off at any time.
How is this different from a general chatbot or a workspace AI?
General chatbots do not know your work or your life. They only remember within a single conversation. Workspace AIs know one app: the documents inside their own walls. Paredra is the layer above. It listens to the meetings, reads across the tools you already use, and weaves it all into one knowledge graph. Every answer comes back grounded in your sources, with citations you can open.
Can I export or delete everything?
Yes. Both are your rights: a machine-readable export of your data and chat history, and full account deletion. You can delete your account directly in the iOS app. For a data export, or to delete your account without the iOS app, write to privacy@paredra.ai and we will complete your request within the legally required timeframe.