Now in closed beta · 3,402 on waitlistBacked by Founders Fund · Sequoia · Khosla
A second mind, alwaysworking.
Penumbra is the autonomous intelligence layer that lives between you and everything. It reads, reasons, negotiates, and acts — across every tool you use — so your real attention is reserved for the decisions only you can make.
The average knowledge worker now spends 76% of their weekon tasks a capable operator could handle: context-switching, drafting, chasing, scheduling, researching, reconciling. The remaining 24% is where the real work lives — and it's slipping.
We built Penumbra because the answer isn't another dashboard, another inbox, another copilot watching from the sidelines. The answer is an intelligence that quietly does the work — and only surfaces when you are the only one who can decide.
“Automation was a tool. Copilots were a suggestion. Penumbra is the first thing that feels like a colleague— one who has read everything, remembers everything, and knows exactly when to hand me back the wheel.”
Mara Okonjo
Founder, Axiom Labs · beta 04
76%
of your week lost to low-signal work
43%
of decisions made in the wrong tool
2.3×
faster throughput with Penumbra
§ 02 · Capabilities
Six instruments. One operating system.
Penumbra isn't a single model. It's a coordinated fleet of specialist agents, each with memory, tools, and the judgment to know when to escalate.
01 · Research
Ask the question. Get the decision, not the document.
Penumbra reads your stack end-to-end — Slack, docs, Drive, inbox, the open web — and returns a ranked recommendation with sources, counter-arguments, and a next-best-action.
Query09:41
“Should we consolidate the EU data warehouse or keep regional splits?”
Triages, drafts, and replies in your voice. Escalates only what matters.
Triaged 182Drafted 41Flagged 3
03 · Calendar
Defends deep work.
Auto-blocks, auto-reschedules, and negotiates with other assistants.
04
Negotiates bills, vendors, and renewals.
Avg. save · 23%
05 · Signals
A weekly brief only you would write.
Patterns across calls, docs, and spend — pre-digested.
06 · Enclave
Your data stays yours. Zero retention. Bring-your-own-key.
SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAGDPRBYO-KMS
§ 03 · Method
Three moves. Then it runs on its own.
No prompt-crafting, no context-reloading, no morning catch-up. Penumbra is the first AI that compounds on its own memory.
01Connect
It reads your world — once, deeply.
Penumbra ingests email, docs, calendars, code, finance, and the open web. Every artifact becomes a typed memory you can inspect, scope, or revoke.
~4 min · 200+ integrationsstep 1 / 3
02Delegate
You set the rails. It decides the runway.
Define goals, guardrails, and escalation policies in plain language. Penumbra plans, self-critiques, and routes work across specialist agents.
Policy-as-prompt · human-in-loopstep 2 / 3
03Operate
It works while you don't.
Agents run 24/7 in a zero-retention enclave. You receive a single daily brief: what was done, what needs you, what's been saved.
Daily brief · 07:00 your timestep 3 / 3
After day 7 · Penumbra operates with 94% autonomy
§ 04 · Ecosystem
Lives inside the tools you already trust.
Penumbra connects through auditable OAuth and signed MCP bridges. No scraping, no screen-reading, no middleware lock-in. Revoke any surface in one click.
If you don't save 6+ hours your first week, we refund 2× your payment.
No CC requiredCancel anytimeData export 24/7
§ 06 · Signals from the field
3,402 operators. 48 days. Zero going back.
“I haven't opened Gmail in 11 days. My response time has never been better.”
Eitan Feldman
GP · North Arc Capital
#01
“It caught a $14k billing error Ramp missed. Paid for itself in a single afternoon.”
Priya Ramaswamy
COO · Helical Health
#02
“Penumbra quietly drafted the board memo, cited six sources, and asked me three sharp questions I had been avoiding.”
Jon Marder
Founder · Otherwise
#03
“It negotiated our Datadog renewal down 31%. My CFO keeps asking how.”
Luca Bettini
VP Ops · Cinder
#04
“The first AI that respects my calendar instead of bulldozing it.”
Amara Osei
Chief of Staff · Mesa
#05
“It feels less like a tool and more like a junior partner I never have to manage.”
Reese Kincaid
Independent · writer, operator
#06
§ 07 · Questions
Six things you were about to ask.
Copilots wait for prompts. Penumbra operates against standing goals. It plans, executes, and escalates — you review, you don't drive.
Only what you authorize, via audited OAuth and signed MCP bridges. Every action is logged, reversible, and scoped with a retention of zero.
It drafts in your voice and, on surfaces you explicitly allow, sends on your behalf with a visible signature. You can require approval on any class of action.
In a zero-retention enclave, regionally pinned. On Enclave plans you bring your own cloud and KMS — we never hold the keys.
Every agent step is an immutable, replayable trace. One click to revert, one click to critique, and Penumbra learns — bounded to your memory, never the public model.
If you love your inbox, your 37 browser tabs, and the exact feel of a Wednesday at 4pm — Penumbra will be deeply upsetting.
§ 08 · Start
Reserve a seat in v1.0.
We're admitting 200 operators per week. Join 3,402 on the waitlist — most are off within 48 hours.