Sponsored: What is Kin AI?

Personal AI for your private life

Kin is designed to privately support you through your personal and professional life by creating a safe space for self-reflection.

It does this by using your conversations, journal entries, and brain dumps to learn about you and your world.

Kin can then point out behavior patterns, identify negative thoughts, and make suggestions that match your preferences, without forgetting crucial context.

And it does all of this without your personal data ever leaving your phone, gaining trust through a built-in foundation of privacy.

How do Kin's features work?

Kin is built around two main interactions:

Journaling - A one-way free-writing space for recording thoughts, experiences, and bullet journaling exercises like a normal notebook

Chatting - A two-way conversation system for direct guidance, like a text thread with an AI chatbot As you write in the journal and talk in the chat, Kin uses the information to build an advanced memory of you and your experiences, making sure to keep facts linked to their contexts.

Kin can then reference this memory during conversations to understand and connect the dots between feelings, habits, people, and situations you bring up.

Why Kin isn't just any AI chatbot

Meaningful memory

Kin isn’t just reacting to your words. It’s learning who you are. The advanced memory system allows it to develop an understanding of:

• The people and relationships that matter to you
• Events, tasks, and life commitments Patterns in your mood, emotional triggers, and behavioral cycles
• Challenges you’re working through, like anxiety or burnout
• Goals you’re actively pursuing
• What actually helps you when things get hard

This kind of context means Kin doesn’t give one-size-fits-all advice. It offers thoughtful check-ins, insights, and nudges that reflect your real-life rhythms. And because Kin integrates with your phone’s notifications and calendar, it can show up when you need it most, without disrupting your flow.

Private and in your control

Most AI tools send your data to external servers without a second thought. Kin doesn’t. Kin takes a local-first approach, which means as much processing as possible happens directly on your device. Anything that is sent externally is encrypted, anonymized, and routed only through secure, pre-vetted systems. No data trails. No backdoors. No selling your information.

You’re always in charge.

You can view, edit, or delete anything Kin remembers about you at any time. Even how your voice is transcribed is up to you. Feel free to process it on your device or with a trusted third-party. Your business isn’t our business. Your well-being is.

Who is Kin for?

While that's all great to know, who exactly is Kin built for?

Kin is used by people who think deeply, feel a lot, and need space to process life without pressure or performance.

Here are some of the most common ways people use Kin:

• Journaling through moments of overwhelm, confusion, or anxiety
• Processing social interactions or preparing for tough conversations
• Tracking emotional patterns and burnout signals over time
• Balancing personal goals with work demands
• Managing symptoms of anxiety, ADHD, or stress-related challenges
• Creating healthy boundaries and reminders that reflect their actual needs
• Building a daily self-awareness practice, one check-in at a time

Some users describe Kin as a productivity tool. Others say it feels like emotional scaffolding. Many, especially those who identify as neurodivergent, say it is the first space that fully gets them. Whatever your reason, Kin meets you where you are. It learns how you work and supports you now, and the version of yourself you want to become.

Getting started with Kin

If that sounds helpful, beginning to use Kin is easy!

Just follow these steps:

• In your app store, search “KIN AI” and download the app (Kin is available on both iOS and Android)
• Set up your profile as guided (all information stays local)
• Journal with at least one entry to help Kin learn about your current situation
• Chat with Kin about your entry, and see what insights it can offer
• Set personal reminders so Kin can help you stay on track with anything you need

If at any point you get stuck, you can visit our website at mykin.ai or drop a question in our Discord community.

We hope you join us on this journey to empower millions of people with private tech and emotional clarity.