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One timer,
every focused minute.

A 15-minute focus timer for founders. When the bell rings, you speak. AI extracts your tasks, blockers, and next actions — automatically.

15-min timer 60s voice debrief AI extracts tasks Lives in your menu bar Offline-ready
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Recording debrief
0:00
Email Stripe about the webhook retry behavior
action
Review Sarah's PR on the auth refactor
action
Block Friday morning for investor calls
calendar
Waiting on legal feedback for terms v3
blocker
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SPEED

Speaking is 3× faster
than typing your tasks.

Typing it out
45
words per minute
Open the doc. Re-read yesterday. Try to remember what you were going to do. Type four bullet points.
vs
Voice debrief
0
words per minute
Hold a key. Talk for 60 seconds. Tasks, blockers, next session — extracted automatically.
BUILT FOR

People who think out loud.

The bell rings, you talk, the loop closes. Different work, same rhythm.

For founders juggling six contexts.

Investor calls, hiring, product, ops — every 15 minutes you're in a different brain. Focul holds the context for you so you stop losing the thread.

"I used to lose the first 10 minutes of every session re-reading yesterday. Now I just open the briefing and go."— Solo founder, pre-seed SaaS

For engineers who lose the bug at 5pm.

You almost had it. Then standup, then lunch, then a meeting. Focul captures the half-thought before it decays — the exact line you suspected, the test that flaked, the next thing to try.

"My voice debrief is basically a future-me Slack DM. I tell tomorrow's me what to look at first."— Staff engineer, infra team

For students whose brain leaves before they do.

You read three chapters, then realise you can't remember any of it. Focul makes the last 60 seconds of each study block matter — say what you actually understood, what you didn't, and what to revisit. Tomorrow you open Focul and the gaps are already waiting.

"I used to highlight a textbook for two hours and absorb none of it. Now I talk for a minute after every block — and the questions I have for office hours just appear in my list."— CS undergrad, finals season

For writers who think faster than they type.

The angle, the lede, the section you'll cut — talk through it while it's hot. Focul keeps the threads so the next session opens with structure, not a blank page.

"My best paragraphs start as 45-second voice notes I forgot I made. Focul makes me actually find them."— Newsletter writer, 30k subs

For designers iterating in their head.

The fix is obvious before you open Figma — until you open Figma. Focul holds the decision out loud so it survives the trip from couch to canvas.

"I describe the change before I make it. By the time I'm in the file I already know what I'm doing."— Product designer, fintech
HOW IT WORKS

Take a look inside Focul.

A 15-minute focus loop that captures itself, organises itself, and hands your work forward to the next session.

Focul · live loop
● Focusing
14:32
Heads-down. No notifications until the bell.
The bell rings.
— time to debrief —
Recording · 0:42
"Shipped the webhook retry, um, need to email Stripe. Sarah's auth PR — review before EOD. Friday morning, block for investors."
4 tasks extracted · saved to today
Email Stripe about webhook retry behavior action
Review Sarah's PR on the auth refactor action
Block Friday morning for investor calls calendar
Waiting on legal feedback for terms v3 blocker
FAQs

Frequently
Asked
Questions

Everything you need to know about Focul, from setup to security. Still curious? Drop us a message and we'll get back to you.

Not yet. Focul is a macOS menu bar app. Windows is on the roadmap.
The timer works offline. The voice debrief needs internet — it processes your audio and returns your tasks in about 5 seconds.
Your audio is transcribed and immediately discarded. The transcript is processed to extract your tasks, then saved to your account. We don't sell or share your data.
No. The debrief is optional. If you skip it, your session still gets logged. But the voice debrief is where the magic happens — most people do it every time after the first week.
Yes. 14 days free, no card needed. The first 500 founders on the waitlist get 6 months free at launch.
A Pomodoro counts down. Focul does that too — and then captures what you did, extracts your next tasks, and hands them forward. The timer is just step 1 of 4.

Do 10 sessions.
See what changes.

After 10 sessions you'll know where every minute went. After 30, you won't want to stop.

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