stateful blog
Thinking out loud about what we're building
Why we built stateful, what we've learned about how groups actually plan, and the design calls behind the product.
May 18, 2026·product
The group chat problem
Every plan happens in a thread. None of them survive it. Here's what we think it takes to fix that.
May 11, 2026·product
Why Pango
Naming the AI was harder than building it. Here's how we ended up with a robot pangolin, and why we don't regret it.
May 4, 2026·product
The magic moment
The cold-start problem, inverted. Plan privately with the AI first, then invite your people into something that's already taking shape.
Apr 27, 2026·product
Artifacts, not transcripts
The whole point of the AI isn't to talk back. It's to turn talk into things you can browse. Here's how we think about that.
Apr 17, 2026·product
Built for the group chat that actually plans something
Most groups aren't eight people on a Slack channel. They're three or four friends in a thread, trying to make a real plan.