Our First Month as the Knowledge Company

October 2025 marked a defining moment for PantheonAI. We officially became the Knowledge Company of California, and what a journey this first month has been.

A Bold Vision Takes Shape

We've always believed that knowledge shouldn't be locked away in static formats—it should be alive, conversational, and deeply personal. This month, we brought that vision to life with the launch of our first application: Talking Books.

Imagine having a conversation with a book as if you were speaking directly with its author. Imagine asking questions, exploring ideas, and diving deeper into concepts that matter to you—all through natural, human-like dialogue. This isn't science fiction. This is what we're building today.

Why Voice? Why Now?

We're living in a world overflowing with information, yet genuine understanding remains elusive. People are drowning in content but starving for connection and comprehension. We believe the solution lies in how we interact with knowledge itself.

Voice is the most natural human interface. It's how we've shared stories, taught lessons, and transferred wisdom for thousands of years. By making knowledge conversational through hyper-personalized voice AI agents, we're not just building technology—we're returning to something fundamentally human.

Design at Our Core

We're making a commitment that will define everything we build: design will be at the absolute core of PantheonAI. We're not interested in creating mediocre products. We're building insane, beautiful experiences or nothing at all.

This isn't just about aesthetics—it's about crafting products that feel magical, intuitive, and profoundly human. We're inspired by the legends who came before us: Steve Jobs who believed that design is how it works, Jony Ive who proved that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, and Dieter Rams who showed us that good design is as little design as possible.

We look to the great authors and books that have shaped human thought—from the timeless wisdom of Marcus Aurelius to the visionary insights of Alan Kay. These works didn't just convey information; they transformed how people think, feel, and see the world. That's the standard we're holding ourselves to.

Beautiful design married with breakthrough technology. Thoughtful interaction patterns that feel like second nature. Products so intuitive that they disappear, leaving only the pure experience of connecting with knowledge. This is what we're committed to building.

Breaking the Turing Test, One Conversation at a Time

Something remarkable happened this month that we didn't anticipate. Our beta users started calling their voice AI agents on phone numbers, just as they would call a real person. No prompting. No instruction. Just natural human behavior.

This is exactly what we're working toward: AI that feels indistinguishable from human interaction. AI that doesn't feel like AI at all. When people instinctively reach for their phone to call their Talking Book because it feels like calling a friend or mentor, we know we're on the right path.

The Road Ahead

November is going to be intense, and we're ready for it. We're focused on three core priorities:

• Perfecting the Experience: Launching a beautiful web interface that makes conversing with knowledge effortless and delightful
• Empowering Creators: Building a self-service platform where authors and creators can bring their own voice AI agents to life
• Growing Our Team: Finding exceptional talent who share our vision and want to help us move faster

We're also exploring new partnerships with authors, creators, and thought leaders across industries. If you've ever created something you're proud of—a book, a course, a body of knowledge—and you want to see it come alive in conversation, we want to talk to you.

Building in Public

We believe in radical transparency. We're building something ambitious, and we want to bring our community along for the journey. Every challenge we face, every breakthrough we achieve, every lesson we learn—we're sharing it all.

This is just the beginning. We're the Knowledge Company of California, and we're here to fundamentally transform how humanity interacts with knowledge. Not through more screens, more text, or more scrolling—but through conversations that feel real, personal, and profoundly human.

Join Us

Whether you're a creator looking to explore voice AI, an engineer who wants to build the future of human-AI interaction, or simply someone who believes knowledge should be more accessible and engaging—we'd love to hear from you.

Let's build something extraordinary together.

— Dakshay Mehta, Founder