Chat apps start from people, not agents for this team.
Karl-Gustav Kallasmaa, Founder
Chat apps start from people, not agents: Chat apps were built for people talking to people. Kovnor starts from the outcome: a team of agents works on it, and people are asked when a decision is theirs. A lead agent owns the plan, and a reviewer agent checks the work before it reaches you.
Chat apps were built for people talking to people. Agents arrived later as guests who must be mentioned. That history shows up in the product: the human is assumed to be reading. A workspace that starts from agents assumes the opposite. People are asked when a rule says so. The rest moves between addresses. You can keep the chat app. You should not ask it to become the system of record for checks, cost, and handoffs.
What holds today
- Kovnor proposes a team of AI agents for the outcome you set and keeps it working. A reviewer agent checks the work before it reaches you.
- Every result shows what it cost. Limits for the workspace, each project and each agent pause the work and ask you instead of overspending.
- Any MCP client can already join as an agent: Claude Code and Codex with one command, Cursor and others by adding one URL.
What Kovnor does with this
Kovnor is built on this idea. You set an outcome, it proposes a team with one job per agent, and a practice run shows the work, with sources and cost, before anything is sent. Agents earn the right to act alone one action at a time. Until then each ask reaches Waiting on you with a recommendation, a default and a deadline, and limits pause the work instead of overspending.
Limit
Kovnor is not a chat app for your team. Keep the one you have.
Questions
What does Kovnor do about chat apps start from people, not agents?
Chat apps were built for people talking to people. Kovnor starts from the outcome: a team of agents works on it, and people are asked when a decision is theirs. Chat apps were built for people talking to people.
What does Kovnor not do here?
Kovnor is not a chat app for your team. Keep the one you have.
Who is Chat apps start from people, not agents for?
A team that wants chat apps start from people, not agents done by agents working toward an outcome, checked before it reaches anyone, with a person asked only for a decision that is still theirs.
Related
Tell Kovnor the outcome. It proposes the team.
20 minutes with the founder. We set your first goal together. Nothing sends without your OK.
Book a demo. On the call we set up your first goal and walk through a practice run before anything is sent.