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Aetherboard

One infinite whiteboard that lives on your Mac.

A$49.00

An infinite whiteboard that lives on your Mac and works with the power off.

Your thinking should not need a login

Most whiteboard tools are somebody else's website with your ideas inside it. You pay every month to keep looking at your own work, and the day you stop paying, the work goes behind a wall.

Aetherboard is an application on your machine. Boards are folders. Images are files. You can open them in Finder, back them up the way you back up anything else, and read the source if you want to know what it is doing with them.

What it is like to use

One canvas that does not end. Drop images onto it, write on it, push things around until the arrangement means something. No pages, no artboards, no document you have to name before you are allowed to think.

It opens instantly because there is nothing to load. It works on a plane, in a field, and on hotel wifi that cannot fetch anything.

What you get

The Mac application, offline, yours permanently — not a subscription that lapses. Twelve months of updates from the day you buy. The board files in a format you can read without the app. And the source, so nothing about it is a black box.

The first hundred owners pay $49 once. After that it is $99. There is a trial that runs in a desktop browser if you would rather try the canvas before deciding.

Questions

Is this a subscription?
No. You pay once and keep the application. Twelve months of updates are included from the day you buy.
Does it work offline?
Yes. It is an application on your machine, not a website. Nothing needs to be fetched for it to open, and nothing is sent anywhere for it to work.
Where are my boards stored?
In folders on your own computer. A board is a folder and the images inside it are ordinary files, so you can open them, move them and back them up without the app.
Which computers does it run on?
The owned application is Mac and works offline. The trial runs in a desktop browser; phone and tablet layouts are not promised.

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The independent AI studio of Sean Melis · London

Build what you’ve been putting off.

Solve a problem that keeps coming back. Learn to build with AI. Or start with a course, app or tool I have already made.

Why this matters

AI can help you do more. You still decide what is good.

AI can handle work that repeats and help turn an idea into a first version. You decide what matters. I help you build it.

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Meet Sean · London

Ten years of using AI to solve real problems.

I’m Sean Melis. I use AI to solve problems in my own work and with clients. When something works, I turn it into a course, app or tool you can use too.

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Proof of the work

Ten years of building and teaching.

30,000+Students taught
50+Projects, startup to enterprise
2017–2023Co-founded an AI agency and startup
10+Industries, sport to beauty to banking
Automation consultingat Deloitte
AI agent innovationat PA Consulting
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Find what you need

Choose where to start.

Start with what you want to learn, fix or make.

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New here? Start here.

AI Magic 2033

The Art of Living with Superintelligence

Seven acts and 44 chapters on using AI while keeping your judgement, taste and control.

  • Bring one problem, one goal and one dream
  • See Sean build with real working files
  • Make one useful first version
  • Keep the course tools in your Studio
The foundation course · $197 · Coming soon
Is this you?

For people with an idea to build or a problem to solve.

You do not need to be technical. You do need to stay curious, make decisions and care about the result.

This is for youif…

  • you have an idea but no technical team
  • the same task steals time every week
  • you want help without losing your voice or choices

It may not be for youif…

  • you want guaranteed money or instant success
  • you want AI to make every decision for you
  • you want AI to produce lots of work, rather than help you finish something useful
And one more thing

You don’t have to buy anything. You still get this.

An account costs nothing, and there is no trial to cancel. It opens a room of tools, libraries and small apps you can start using today.

Your Studio · live product preview
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Your Studio
The Studio open on a desktop, showing the room and its side rail.
The same Studio on a phone.
A look inside the StudioWider on a desktop
Inside the Studio

Join once. Get all of this free.

The shop is where you find things. Your Studio is where they live. Anything you buy lands there too, everything runs in your browser, and your work stays private.

  • 365 promptsPrompt Library
  • 50 pain pointsProblems worth solving
  • 50 AI skillsSkills Index
  • 50 AI toolsTools Directory
  • ExperimentsBrowser-only tools
  • Private journalThink things through
  • Simple KanbanTo Do, Doing, Done
  • Focus timerPomodoro
  • Meditation timerA quiet pause
  • Interface galleryUseful patterns
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Custom work · By application

What do you want to build?

Tell me what you want built. I read every one, and reply if it’s a fit.

Aetherboard

One infinite whiteboard that lives on your Mac.

Try Aetherboard ↗ $99$49 onceFounding Owner

$99 after the first 100. Yours permanently, with 12 months of updates.

Mac, offline. You get the files and readable source.

Founding price$49 once
OwnershipFiles + readable source
Works onMac · offline
Standard price$99 after 100
The Aetherboard canvas: handwritten headings, sticky notes, pinned pictures and the tool bar along the bottom $99$49 onceFounding Owner
A calm paper-crafted workspace inside Aetherboard

Stop renting your thoughts. Own the board.

Try the real canvas in your browser. The first 100 owners pay $49 once, keep the Mac app permanently and receive 12 months of updates. The standard price is $99.

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