BUILD · VOICE-FIRST AI · 2026
Untangle
A thinking tool for overloaded mind
Talk through what's rambling around your head, out loud or typed. Untangle writes it down, synthesises it, and asks a clarifying question if what you need is to untangle something — not just organise it.
QUICK FACTS
Role — Solo. Design, build, ship.
Stack — React, voice input, LLM synthesis.
Status — Live. V1 shipped.
Focus — Reflection over answers.
THE SHIFT
From noise in your head to one clear next step.
Before it feels like: "Too much to do, not sure what to focus on, launch feels rushed but delaying is worse, this all feels messy."
After: Focus — launch this week. Tension — speed vs. quality. Next step — review for 20 mins, then decide.
FIVE MODES
You pick the mode before you start talking.
Focus — cut through the noise and name the one thing.
Untangle — talk it out, get a clarifying question back.
Perspective — zoom out and see the shape of what's going on.
Capture — get it out of your head, deal with it later.
Moments — notice the small things worth remembering.
WHY I BUILT IT
Most AI tools default to giving you an answer. I wanted to test the opposite — can a tool help someone see their own thinking more clearly without doing the thinking for them.
THE HONEST TENSION
It would be easier to build an app that just tells you what to do — that's what people expect from AI, and it feels more useful in the moment. Untangle deliberately doesn't. It hands the thinking back to you instead of doing it for you, which is the harder sell but the actual point.
WHAT’S NEXT
V1 makes you pick the mode yourself.
Next is auto-detecting which kind of thinking a thought needs, and moving from a single exchange to an ongoing conversation.