Productivity

Memo

Website

We all know the attention economy is damaging our ability to focus. Memo is for people that are mad as hell about their time being sold to the highest bidder. Forget laborious old email and hyperactive Slack. We built Memo as the feel-good alternative that will make you love communication again and get back time for what matters to you. Memo

Founded 2019Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

We all know the attention economy is damaging our ability to focus. Memo is for people that are mad as hell about their time being sold to the highest bidder.

Forget laborious old email and hyperactive Slack. We built Memo as the feel-good alternative that will make you love communication again and get back time for what matters to you.

Memo's features make every message high value so you can communicate more effectively.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
ProductivityConsumer appBusinessesSmall businessesSubscription

Founders & team

Previously DID, DID.app, Plum Mail

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Richard Shepherd

Founder

UK based founder and full-stack web developer with sales experience running my creative agency in the south west of England. Joining YC to replace email with Peter.

LinkedIn
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Peter Saxton

Founder

Experienced Developer who has worked on API design, UI for web applications and infrastructure for reliability. Speciality was designing distributed and security problems. Previously Physics Geek who know a lot about Quantum Optics. Now founder of DID.app and hopes passwords won't be with us much longer

LinkedIn X
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2019 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite unreachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedExeter, England, United Kingdom; Remote
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The source reports an inactive or acquired company; current product identity needs review.

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