Elephas
Your AI-Powered Personal Knowledge Assistant for Mac, iPhone & iPad
Founded
2021
Starting Price
$0
Category
AI Writing & Content
Last updated March 5, 2026
About Elephas
Elephas is a native Mac and iOS AI assistant that learns from your personal documents, notes, and files to become your second brain. Unlike generic AI tools, Elephas answers questions with citations from your own knowledge base — PDFs, Word docs, Notion pages, Obsidian vaults, Zoom transcripts, and more — eliminating hallucinations. It works system-wide via a keyboard shortcut and supports offline mode for maximum privacy.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Answers are grounded in your own documents with cited sources, dramatically reducing AI hallucinations
- Works system-wide via keyboard shortcut — accessible from any Mac app without context switching
- Strong privacy guarantees: local storage, offline mode, no data used for AI training
- Supports multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, local models) giving cost and privacy flexibility
- Deep integration with popular knowledge tools like Notion, Obsidian, Apple Notes, and DEVONthink
Key Features
Super Brain
Create specialized AI assistants trained on your own documents including PDFs, Word files, Excel sheets, Apple Notes, Notion, Obsidian, DEVONthink, Zoom transcripts, YouTube videos, and web pages.
Super Command
System-wide keyboard shortcut that activates Elephas from any Mac application, letting you query your knowledge base or generate content without switching contexts.
Source Citations
Every AI-generated answer includes references to the original source documents in your knowledge base, eliminating hallucinations and making responses verifiable.
Offline Mode
Operate entirely on-device with no internet connection required, ensuring maximum privacy and security for sensitive documents and knowledge.
Multi-App Sync
Automatically syncs with Apple Notes, Notion, Obsidian, Roam Research, DEVONthink, and more to keep your knowledge base always up to date.
iOS AI Keyboard
A custom AI keyboard for iPhone and iPad that gives you access to your knowledge base and writing tools directly within any iOS app.
Pricing
Free
$0/month
- Unlimited files
- Super Command
- Offline mode
Standard
$9.99/month
Best For
Personal Knowledge Management
Knowledge workers, researchers, and consultants use Elephas to index their entire document library and instantly retrieve answers with source citations instead of manually searching files.
Meeting & Research Summarization
Professionals ingest Zoom transcripts, audio recordings, and research papers into Elephas to quickly generate summaries, extract action items, and query insights from past meetings.
AI-Assisted Writing
Writers and executives use Elephas to draft emails, reports, and blog posts grounded in their existing notes and documents, ensuring consistency with their own voice and prior work.
Second Brain for Executives
Senior leaders consolidate company documents, strategy notes, and reference materials into Elephas so they can query institutional knowledge instantly during meetings or while traveling.
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