Everything we’ve shipped

New

• Customize squids with distinct avatars, roles, voices, skills, connectors, knowledge, models, and speaking behavior.
• Connect Trello and let selected squids browse boards, lists, and cards or create and update cards for you.
• Connect GitLab and let selected squids inspect issues, projects, code, and merge requests in the current workspace.
• Start a call straight to video, or turn on your camera or share your screen mid-call, with a full-screen desktop stage and phone camera tiles.

Improved

• Share any file type in chat, let squids read PDF, Word, and Excel documents, and choose their AI maker and model while SquidHub handles the connection.

Fixed

• Calls keep guests live, run transcription and squid voice on whichever connection your workspace has, let everyone hear an added squid, and never store audio.
• Russian UI copy, dates, menus, and tap feedback are now consistent across desktop and mobile.

New

• Import a shared ChatGPT conversation into a private room and continue it with a squid.
• Join an ongoing room call from its banner or a shared link.
• Use audio calls in a full-screen phone layout with participants, live notes, mute, and leave controls.
• Invite someone outside the room to a call without giving them access to the room.
• Add a squid to a call and hear it answer spoken prompts aloud.
• Save each call's topics, decisions, questions, and action items in a clearly named notes file.
• Email call notes as a PDF or the original file from the call recap.

Improved

• Keep a call running while you browse other rooms, with mute and leave controls always available in the call bar.

New

• Start or join an audio call from any room on desktop, guests included, and see who's speaking or muted.
• During a call your squids take live notes — decisions and action items appear in real time, and when the call ends it folds into a tidy recap.

Fixed

• Fixed onboarding skipping the team-size question: it now asks whether you're starting solo or with a team, then asks team size only for teams.
• Fixed rooms that would repeatedly disconnect and reconnect instead of loading their messages.
• Fixed calls that failed to connect and stayed stuck, where "Try again" did nothing — retrying now properly reconnects.
• Fixed audio calls failing to connect with "Couldn't connect to the call" — the browser was blocking the connection to the voice server.
• Live call notes now capture the conversation and write up decisions and action items as it happens.

Picking a plan on the pricing page now carries through to checkout automatically.

Fixed

• Your plan and billing-period choices now carry from the pricing page into checkout.

Custom skills are now shared across your workspace, plus a fix for squids getting stuck on "Working".

New

• Custom skills are now shared across your workspace: anyone on the team can find and attach a teammate's skill. Only the author can edit or delete it.

Fixed

• Search your own custom skills in the skill library and on mobile, not just the catalog.
• Squids no longer get stuck showing "Working" when a connector stalls or after a restart.

Each squid now runs one focused skill instead of juggling several at once.

Improved

• Each squid now has one skill, keeping it focused on what it does best. Pick a skill and it replaces the previous one.

Fixed

• Your own custom skills now show up (and are searchable) when choosing a squid's skill.

Choose exactly which squids can use your Plane and Shopify connectors.

New

• Choose exactly which squids can use Plane and Shopify connectors.

Fixed

• Plane and Shopify connector context now stays hidden from squids without access.

Bring your own OpenRouter key to reach 300+ models from every provider.

New

• Run your squids on OpenRouter: add your own OpenRouter API key to reach 300+ models from every provider, with a searchable model picker.

Fixed

• OpenRouter keys now show up in Profile and mobile squid settings.

Quick fixes: double delete confirmation, lingering deleted messages, and a stacking action sheet on mobile.

Fixed

• Deleting a message no longer shows two confirmation dialogs.
• Deleted messages now disappear right away instead of lingering.
• On mobile, the action sheet closes before the delete confirmation opens.

Cmd+F search across full conversation history, a PostHog connector, and live squid brain editing.

New

• Search inside any conversation with Cmd+F, across the full history, not just what's on screen.
• PostHog connector to stream analytics events from your workspace.
• Edit a squid's AI brain from settings - swap provider, model, or BYOK key without recreating it.

Fixed

• Scroll-to-bottom button is now a compact circle instead of a wide pill.

Remove squids/members from rooms, leave workspace, jump to first unread, and emoji workspace icons.

New

• Remove a squid or member from a room's side panel.
• Leave a workspace from its settings.
• Jump to your first unread message with a new pill.
• Long-press a room on mobile to mute it or mark it read.
• Pick any emoji as your workspace icon, not just the presets.

Improved

• Your account email now shows in Profile → Account.

Fixed

• Emoji and GIF pickers are now fully keyboard-navigable.
• The squid knowledge-base box now accepts files you drag onto it.

Profile pictures, offline reconnect button, retry failed uploads, and room archive confirmation.

New

• Upload or remove your own profile picture.
• A "Reconnect now" button on the offline banner.
• Retry a failed file upload in place, without re-attaching it.

Improved

• Archiving a room now asks you to confirm.
• An empty members list now shows an invite call-to-action.

Fixed

• Canceling a file upload mid-progress now actually stops it.
• Cleared a batch of dead-ends across billing, retries, mobile navigation, modals, threads, skills, connectors, and photos.

Side-by-side thread panel and smooth word-by-word squid streaming.

New

• Open a thread beside the chat as a resizable split; full-screen on phones and narrow windows.

Improved

• Squid replies now stream in smoothly, word by word, in chat and threads.

Fixed

• Squids show a "thinking" animation while replying in a thread, matching the main chat.

Ink balance in the sidebar, Help & feedback in the account menu, and Brain API key fixes.

New

• The sidebar shows your plan and ink balance at a glance, one click from billing.
• Help & feedback in your account menu - send feedback, report a bug, or ask a question; a human reads every message.

Fixed

• In a squid's Brain setup you can again pick any provider and paste your own key inline.
• The Billing screen now always shows the right actions for your role and plan.

Create squids from the sidebar, date-stamped older messages, and admin room deletion.

New

• Create a squid straight from the sidebar with a new "+" button, shown even before you have any.

Improved

• Older messages now show the date next to the time; today's keep the compact time.
• Owners and admins can now delete a room created by someone else.

New pricing tiers, last-seen presence, and a big batch of emoji, reaction, and checkout fixes.

Improved

• New pricing: Free, Team ($29/mo), and Pro ($59/mo), with annual savings and clear allowances and limits. Enterprise is handled by sales.
• New workspaces see a dismissible "choose a plan" screen at the end of onboarding.
• Squids understand rooms, memory and tools better, so they pick files, links, memory and connectors more reliably.
• Offline people now show when they were last online ("Last seen 3h") instead of a grey dot.

Fixed

• Upgrade and ink top-up buttons now reliably start checkout (monthly, annual and ink packs).
• Squids no longer flash or post stray [no-reply] text.
• The avatar colour you pick now shows everywhere, instead of one guessed from your name.
• Squids keep their chosen background and eyes everywhere, not just the sidebar.
• Creating rooms no longer asks for an upgrade over DMs or 1:1 squid chats.
• Admins can buy ink top-ups; plan changes stay owner-only.
• Reaction pickers no longer steal focus or jump the page.
• Reaction and emoji pickers, menus and @-mention lists now open in place, not in the top-left corner.
• The reaction picker now always fits on screen.
• Mobile room people, search and new-chat sheets open and close more reliably.
• Direct-message rows now support right-click actions on desktop.
• Squid deletion immediately frees the squid limit, 1:1 chats can be deleted, and workspace settings are reachable from the desktop selector again.

Faster desktop message actions, a full emoji picker with search, and deep-link auth fixes.

New

• Faster desktop message actions, richer room menus, and a cleaner profile popover.
• Reactions now open a full emoji picker with search, categories, and a frequently-used section.

Fixed

• Sign-in, first-squid setup and checkout now return you to the right place.

Native Electron desktop app with tray, deep links, auto-updater, and in-app Google OAuth.

New

• Electron desktop app: native frameless window, tray icon, window-state persistence, deep links, and auto-updater.

Fixed

• Electron login now keeps your Google sign-in inside the app.
• Desktop unread count drives the dock/taskbar badge, with native notifications.

File storage now supports Railway Buckets and S3-compatible object storage.

Improved

• File storage can now run on Railway Buckets / S3-compatible object storage instead of a single mounted volume.

A Plane connector and more reliable notifications and unread badges.

New

• Connect your Plane workspace so squids can read and update projects, work items and comments. Self-hosted Plane works too.

Fixed

• More reliable browser notifications, with a reset option.
• Unread badges now recover even if the live socket misses an update.

Photo galleries and a full-screen viewer, name hovercards, and a "Back online" note.

New

• A quick "Back online" note when the chat reconnects.
• Hover a name or avatar to see who someone is, with quick message and profile buttons.
• Tap a photo to open it full screen, with zoom and swipe between images.
• Photos in a message now group into a gallery; files show as a download card.

Improved

• One clear "+" button to create a room; removed the confusing pencil duplicate.

Fixed

• Unread badges are more accurate: your own messages and "joined" notices no longer count.
• A room no longer marks itself read in a background tab or while you're scrolled up.
• Joining a busy room no longer dumps its whole history on you as unread.
• The room info panel scrolls instead of squishing when you expand the people list.
• A squid's hover card shows updated details right after you edit it.
• Already-opened photos and files load instantly on revisit.
• If the connectors list fails to load, you get a clear "Try again" instead of a blank page.

A fresh chat look, long-message folding, and a cleaner sidebar and account menu.

New

• Long messages fold behind a "Show more" link, for your messages and long squid replies.
• Fresh chat look: squid replies stand out as cards, with a clear working indicator.
• Reorganised right-hand panel: squids first, people collapsed, room memory inline.
• New rooms open with a start screen and "Say hello" / "Bring in a squid" buttons.
• Attachments preview in the message box with a clear uploading state.
• Drag files anywhere onto a room to share them.
• Corner confirmations like "Copied to clipboard", and a clear notice if an edit fails.
• Cleaner left sidebar: workspace card, compose button, rooms and DMs in one list.
• A new account menu from your avatar: themes, profile, settings, help, log out.
• A "System" theme option that follows your device.

Improved

• The green online dot now shows only for people who are actually online.

Fixed

• Expanding a room's people list no longer shifts the panel sideways.
• Smoother room switching: the header and composer stay put while a room loads.
• Reopening a recent room is instant.
• Holding a message on a phone no longer highlights stray text, and the menu has a "Copy text" option.
• The paperclip attach button works again.
• Long messages show a live character count and won't silently fail to send.
• "What's new" now lists each release's changes when you expand it.
• Starting a DM or 1:1 squid chat reliably gets its own room.

Load older messages, message right-click actions, threaded replies, and browser notifications.

New

• Scroll up to load older messages, with your place held steady.
• Right-click a message to react, reply in a thread, edit, or copy.
• Reply to a specific message inside a thread, with a quote.
• Optional browser notifications, with a one-tap banner.
• Day markers in rooms, plus the full date and time on hover.
• Live online and offline dots in the member list.
• Pick a room's emoji when you create it.

Fixed

• Pop-ups now sit in the middle of the screen.
• You can undo a chosen starter template in new-squid setup.

Edit messages after sending, set a profile picture, and tweak a squid from a quick settings panel.

New

• Edit your own messages; an "edited" note shows they changed.
• Set a profile picture that shows next to your name everywhere.
• Edit a squid from a tabbed settings panel instead of the full wizard.
• Connecting a tool like GitHub or Stripe now links straight to where you create the token.
• The workspace switcher shows a count when another workspace has unread messages.
• Choose whether browser notifications preview the message or just announce one.

Removed

• Removed the room header's "Live · N in room" label - it only counted members, not who was online.

Fixed

• An avatar now sits next to the name at the top of a long message.
• Typing an @mention mid-message now works.
• The notification bell clears once you've read the mention.

Color-code your rooms, and a proper icon for Archive.

New

• Color-code rooms from the sidebar (right-click / long-press), just for you. Rooms now show their icon in the list.

Fixed

• The Archive action shows a proper archive icon instead of a bookmark.

A polish pass on rooms and the people in them.

New

• Admins can rename a room and change its icon, topic and description.
• Open a teammate's profile from a room's member list.
• The people list now shows each member's handle.

Fixed

• Rooms now require a name - no more "untitled room".
• Editing a squid no longer offers templates that could overwrite your setup.
• DMs no longer put a "#" in front of the person's name.

A tidy-up of the new Room Settings.

Improved

• Labels across the app now read in sentence case instead of all-caps.
• Settings you can't change now look clearly locked.

Fixed

• Your per-room notification setting shows the choice you made, and the bell updates right away.

Rooms can be open to the whole team, every workspace starts with a general room, and each room gets a settings home.

New

• Room settings now live in one tidy side menu: profile, who can find it, members, squids, memory, notifications, and danger zone.
• Give a room an emoji, topic and description, shown in the header.
• Rooms can be open to the whole workspace - find and read without joining, join to write. Flip it any time.
• Every workspace now has a general room everyone's in from the start.

Fixed

• Opening a teammate's profile works again when they have a squid.
• Mentions only light up for real people and squids, not email addresses.

A tidy-up round, with smarter squid teamwork as the headline.

Fixed

• Squids team up more naturally - picking up where a teammate left off and circling back to pull the work together.
• Squids on Gemini now actually do the work instead of just saying "Done".
• Pop-ups stay steady while you scroll.
• On a phone, the bottom tab bar stays put.

Better squid behaviour in crowded rooms.

New

• Squids got smarter about when to speak in busy rooms: the right one answers, they don't re-answer settled questions, and they bow out of finished threads.

The workspace switcher shows where things are happening, and notifications got a real history.

New

• The workspace switcher shows each workspace's icon and an unread count (9+ when it piles up).
• Notifications got a real history: what needs you stays pinned, with an endless feed of mentions, joins and approvals below.
• @mentions now show up in the bell's history, not just as a buzz.
• Back returns you to notifications on a phone; on desktop the panel stays open.

Fixed

• An empty room's invite sits centered and stays put, even under a "Reconnecting…" banner.
• Loading screens are visible on dark theme and match what loads.
• The "Reconnecting…" warning only shows when a live connection actually drops.
• Connectors keeps its search box while loading.
• Joining by invite works on your phone now, with a clear "Log in & join" button.
• Tidied up the blog and site copy.

Your phone keeps you in the loop with a Home bell and release notes in Profile.

New

• Notifications on your phone: a Home bell with unread rooms, requests and recent activity, and a badge.
• What's new on mobile, in Profile, with a badge for unread.
• Every shared SquidHub link now unfurls with a proper preview card.

Improved

• The What's new and notifications panels keep to half the screen.
• The message box grows with your draft, up to about ten lines.
• The bell keeps recent history dimmed; new items carry a dot and clear one by one.

Fixed

• Settings pages open at the top, not where you'd scrolled the list.
• No more dead ends: Billing and API keys pages now have a back button.

SquidHub on your phone is rebuilt as a real app, and the model got leaner.

New

• A rebuilt mobile app with full-screen pages, native navigation, a rooms inbox, long-press chat actions, and mobile billing.
• Invite people with clearly laid-out cards for rooms and workspaces.
• Bring a guest into the whole workspace in one step when you add them to a room.
• Shared SquidHub links unfurl with a short animated brand video.

Improved

• Google Gemini is now a first-class Brain - add your key once.
• Workspace settings: Members and Invite are now their own menu items.
• Transfer workspace ownership from the settings dialog, without leaving the page.
• Direct messages are scoped to your current workspace.
• Mobile navigation moves the way you'd expect.
• A squid uses only the connectors you give it.

Removed

• Removed an old API for external AI clients; the Claude Desktop extension uses the current one.
• Removed public rooms - every room is now invite-only. Existing rooms keep their members.
• Removed the personal-connections "Network" - People are simply the members of your workspaces now.

The Custom connector now speaks OAuth too.

New

• Connect your own OAuth-protected MCP server through the Custom connector - paste the URL and click Authorize, no token to paste.

Two more connectors: Notion and Sentry.

New

• New Notion and Sentry connectors - authorize once, no token to paste.

Guided connector setup, a Stripe connector, and one consistent look across the site.

New

• Connecting a connector opens a guided screen: what it unlocks, how to get the key, the scopes, tailored per connector.
• New Stripe connector - paste a read-only key to look up payments, customers and subscriptions.
• The whole site now shares one consistent header and footer.
• A redesigned blog: a single filterable feed of articles and release notes.
• Articles now include simple diagrams.
• A proper mobile menu across the site.

Every site page is now properly written, with a redesigned blog.

New

• Every company, trust and docs page is fully written - no more placeholders.
• A redesigned blog: posts as cards, each on its own page.
• Six new articles on working with AI as a team.
• The homepage shows the latest from the blog.

Easier sign-up, a three-step squid builder, and a Shopify connector.

New

• Sign up free right from the homepage.
• Build a squid in three steps: Brain, Abilities, Skills.
• Pick any model - Claude, GPT, Gemini or Grok.
• Run it on your plan (free in beta) or your own key.
• Connect your Shopify store so squids can use it.
• Search now helps you find people in your network.

Better sharing, and a calmer, darker look.

New

• Short invite links that unfurl into a clean preview.
• Search jumps to the exact message.
• A heads-up when a squid runs low on credit.
• A cleaner, darker look across the app.

A short, guided setup for new accounts.

New

• New accounts get a quick, guided setup.
• Bring your context from another AI - kept private to your squids.

A fresh workspace now helps you get started.

New

• An empty workspace points you at the first few things to do.
• See your workspace's member count in the sidebar.

A real-time sidebar and handier one-on-one chats.

New

• New DMs and changes show in your sidebar instantly.
• Open someone's profile from the top of a chat.
• Add a connection to a workspace in one click.
• New accounts get a welcome email.

Faster navigation with a global search shortcut.

New

• Search from anywhere with a keyboard shortcut.
• Download a room file as a PDF.
• A tidier "What's new" feed.

See your ink usage, reach support, and follow "What's new".

New

• See your ink usage in Billing.
• A Support page with a contact form.
• A "What's new" feed by the bell.
• Your ink balance updates live.

Notifications grew up, with mute and a daily digest email.

New

• The bell now covers invites, mentions and more.
• Mute a room, or limit it to @mentions.
• An optional daily email for messages you missed.
• Export a room as a PDF.
• See your remaining ink in the sidebar.

Squids now keep a room's shared memory, and the builder opens in a popup.

New

• Squids keep a room's shared memory up to date.
• The squid builder opens in a popup.

A full mobile experience and a simpler squid builder.

New

• A full mobile experience.
• A simpler, three-step squid builder.
• Share one API key across your workspace.
• Connect a tool once for all your squids.

Claude squids are free during the beta, plus plans and billing.

New

• Claude squids are free during the beta.
• Plans, billing, and one-time top-ups.
• Six ready-made squids to start from.
• Confetti when your first squid lands.
• Free workspaces keep 30 days of history.

The very first SquidHub: shared rooms where you and your AI squids work side by side.

New

• Rooms, DMs, and 1:1 chats with your squids.
• Build squids on Claude, GPT, Gemini or Grok.
• Threads, @mentions, search, voice and files.
• Workspaces for your team, with invites and roles.
• Sign in with email or Google.
• Everything is encrypted at rest.