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Memory

How Atona remembers you.

Every conversation, across every channel, becomes part of one memory. Standing preferences survive forever. Sensitive content is never stored. And you can ask Atona to forget anything, anytime.

In this guide: how memory works across channels, how to teach standing preferences, how memory ages out, and how to forget what you want forgotten.

What it does

A call references the email from last week. A text remembers yesterday's meeting. A reply on Friday recalls the offhand comment from Tuesday. That's because Atona keeps one memory across every channel — and uses it to act with context, the way a thoughtful human assistant would.

Memory is per-contact and per-topic, summarized into short notes, and merged into rolling histories that get sharper over time. None of it leaves your private space. None of it is used to train AI.

Standing preferences
Taught by Tayo · always on
Always 30-minute meetings unless I say otherwise.
Never schedule after 4 PM on Fridays.
Warm tone for family. Formal for investors.
Don't reply to recruiters unless senior or above.
Coffee meetings near the Mission, not downtown.

Try saying

Anything you'd want a long-tenured assistant to remember.

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Remember that I always do 30-minute meetings.

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Remember not to reply to recruiters unless they're senior.

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What did Sarah say about the Q2 launch?

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Forget what I said about that vendor — it's no longer relevant.

How it works

1

Every interaction is summarized

Emails, texts, calls, meetings — Atona writes a short, structured note about each one. Sensitive content is filtered out before any AI sees it.

2

Notes merge into per-contact histories

The next time you talk to Sarah, Atona remembers everything you've said to each other — across every channel, going back as far as the retention window allows.

3

Standing preferences live forever

Tell Atona a rule once and it applies everywhere — across email, text, calls, and meetings — until you change it.

4

Memory ages out on a schedule

Routine notes are pruned after about 90 days. Standing preferences last until you change them. Sensitive content is never stored at all.

What you control

Add a standing preference

"Always 30-minute meetings." "Never on Fridays." Once taught, applied everywhere.

Forget a contact

Wipes everything Atona knows about that person. Clean slate.

Forget a topic

Search your memory and remove specific notes — by keyword, by date, by contact.

Adjust retention

Keep memory shorter or longer than the default. Or set it to forget after every conversation.

What Atona will not do

Common questions

Where is my memory stored?

In your own private, encrypted space — scoped to your account, never shared with other users, never used to train AI.

Can I export it?

Yes. Every memory is yours to export or delete at any time.

Does memory ever reset?

Routine notes age out after about 90 days. Standing preferences last until you change them. You can adjust both.

How does Atona choose what to remember?

It summarizes the gist of each interaction — what was said, what was decided, what's outstanding. Sensitive content is filtered out before any AI sees it.

Can two people share memory?

No. Memory is strictly per user. Always.

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