Silo

Investor Overview

For a consumer, the value is immediate: Silo lets me control what AI knows.

The Shift

AI is changing how knowledge is created.

People don't write — they prompt. They don't search — they ask. They don't store — they generate.

The Problem

Everything you create in AI gets stuck.

Conversations reset. Knowledge doesn't compound. Switching tools means starting over. There is no system of record for individual thinking. Enterprises have databases and CRMs. Individuals have nothing.

The Insight

AI didn't just change interfaces. It broke how knowledge persists.

If AI becomes how we think, we need a place where that thinking lives.

The Control Point

Models are converging. Memory is the moat.

  • Models commoditize
  • Memory becomes switching cost
  • Ownership determines value

The Solution

Silo is the system where your thinking lives.

  • Persistent
  • Portable
  • User-owned

The Primitive

A Silo is a portable, lossless unit of AI memory — not a chat, not a document. A container for thinking.

Lossless thinking — not a model's interpretation of it.

Product

  • Silo App (live)
  • .silo format (live)
  • Shareable silos (shipping)

First working system for portable AI memory.

Why This Wins

PlatformLimitation
ChatGPT / ClaudeMemory locked in
NotionStatic
RAG toolsNo ownership
SiloPortable, user-owned, AI-native memory

Ownership = Control

If you own your memory, you control how it's used. Connect tools once, use anywhere, control access, see usage. AI systems are guests.

Growth Engine

Create → Share → Import → Create

Conversations become silos. Silos get shared. Shared silos drive adoption.

Market

$50B+ spent annually on AI tools, productivity software, and developer tooling. Every system creates memory. None let users own it. Silo captures the layer above all of them.

Business Model

  • Consumer — subscription for memory + models
  • Pro / Builders — advanced silos, sharing workflows
  • Enterprise — knowledge silos, governed access

People don't pay for answers. They pay for not losing what they've built.

Why Now

  • AI adoption exploding
  • Switching increasing
  • Workflows fragmenting

Memory is becoming the control point now.

Team

Shawn Welch — Founder / CEO

Founding iOS engineer on Cash App. Built systems used by millions. 20 years building client and infrastructure systems. Saw firsthand how memory breaks when owned by platforms. Built Silo to fix it.

Angels

  • Brian — Ecosystem Lead at Block, former Cash App CEO
  • Owen — Business Lead at Block, former Cash App COO
  • Michael White — Founder, Multiply; early Square
  • Eren Bali— Founder, Udemy & Carbon Health
  • Todd Jackson — Partner, First Round

Vision

.silo becomes the format for knowledge.

We won't build the verticals. We define the primitive.

Nothing gets stuck. Own Yourself.

For more information, please reach out to info@onesilo.com or request access to our investor deck.