Agent-first software company

Software, built agent-first.

A small team across the United States and Japan. Agents plan, write and test the code. People decide what’s worth building.

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$ ship feature/floating-captions

  1. spec human Captions that float over any app
  2. plan agent Split into parallel tasks
  3. build agent ×3 Overlay · Dynamic Island · on-device speech
  4. test agent All checks passing
  5. review human Approved
  6. ship release Vocena for iPhone & Mac Live

01Approach

Agents do the work.
People set the bar.

Agent-native

Every change is planned, written and tested by agents. By default.

Human judgment

People own the product, the taste and every final review.

Small by design

A few people running many agents in parallel.

02Product

Our first product.

iPhone Mac

Vocena

Live captions and translation.
Custom AI for every scene.

For anything your iPhone or Mac plays. AI explains what you just heard.

  • On-device

    Qwen speech models on Apple silicon. Works offline.

  • Always on top

    Floating captions and Dynamic Island, over any app.

  • AI keys

    Explain usage, words to learn, recap. One tap.

  • Free captions

    Unlimited, no sign-in. Plus is a one-time unlock.

11 speech languages

  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
Vocena on Mac: Spanish system audio captioned live with English translation, and an Explain usage answer for the phrases just heard. Vocena on iPhone: live Spanish captions with English translation from system audio, and an Explain usage button.

03Contact

Let’s talk.

Partnerships, press, or questions about Vocena.