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Collato - One AI search to find anything instantly, across all apps

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Meet your team's collective brain. Save hours by finding distributed information at a glance, across all your tools. Our AI-powered semantic search gives your team the most relevant answers to their questions, instantly.

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Sebastian Oehlschläger
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Hi everyone 👋 I’m Sebastian, one of the founders of Collato. We’re building the AI search engine for product teams — think of it as ChatGPT but with your work apps. We’re so excited to finally launch on Product Hunt–big thank you to @chrismessina for hunting us and providing invaluable product advice along the way! 🎉 To share our excitement, we’re offering a 90-day free trial for the next 48 hours. We believe we’ve built the solution to THE PROBLEM of today's remote, information-loaded, fast-moving, and tool-swamped way of working: ❓How can employees find the information they need without spending hours in alignment meetings or searching across dozens of tools❓ Meet Collato: Your product team's collective brain. We built Collato to give product managers one space to make information instantly accessible to anyone on their team who needs it. Instead of having artifacts, documents, or information buried across tools (McKinsey says employees waste 1.8 hours searching for information every day 🤯), you can drop them into your knowledge map 🕸 where they’ll be connected and organized. Stakeholders can get instant, human-like answers to any product-related questions. 🪄 Originally built on OpenAI, we’ve now built an in-house semantic search engine based on state-of-the-art AI models. This allows us to be more reliable, scalable, faster, and meet German data regulations. 💪 Use cases Collato can answer questions about your product, help you build a searchable knowledge base, and streamline onboarding. Here are some more ways to use Collato: 🔍 Product discovery and delivery: Collato provides a bird’s eye view of tasks and instantly organizes your product docs, so you don’t have to jump from one tool to another. 📑 Structure user research: Connect user insights and market trends to make user-centric product decisions with all the answers at your fingertips. 💡 Project wiki: Our AI-powered search gives stakeholders instant answers to project-related questions, with automated summaries providing detailed context at a glance. 🧠 Magnify your product smarts: ​​Structure your product research and make data-driven decisions with ease. Quickly detect the patterns that matter most, so you can build world-class products. Coming soon Get answers in Slack Integrate Collato’s search engine into Slack. Team members can ask any question and get instant, bite-sized answers without ever leaving the tool. Connect from your browser Build your knowledge map without ever switching tabs. Turn information from the web into accessible knowledge in seconds. Integrating more apps & formats We currently support integrations with Google Drive, Confluence, Figma, Jira, and Miro, and we’re currently working on Notion and PDF files. Drop us a comment in the thread if you have any favorites for us to build soon! Give Collato a try, and please let us know what you think in the comments! https://collato.com/ Sebastian
Sofia Wang
@chrismessina @sebabytes Nice Product！
Grace Hur
Maker
@sebabytes YES. Ease my brain please! 🙏❤️
Catherine Norris
Maker
@chrismessina @sebabytes Been waiting so long for this! Collato genuinely brings so much joy and ease to my work. My favorite part? It saves me time so I can spend it actually connecting, innovating, and being creative with my coworkers. Here's more reasons to love: ⚡️ Gives your team instant (and secure) access to relevant information from all of your tools. 🔎 Helps you find everything in one place – instead of manually searching through cluttered tools. 🍦 Provides you with instant, bite-sized answers from our AI-powered search to any project-related questions.
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@xiaoxue2019 thank you! We are also super excited. 😻
Grace Hur
Maker
@chrismessina @sebabytes Add one more use case! ☝️ Getting instant answers to be extra sharp for launch day 💅 Prior to today, our team compiled our collective knowledge documents, spreadsheet, product FAQs so everyone is aligned and ready to answer YOUR burning question accurately and quickly.
Irina Haupt
Maker
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So excited to be part of this! 🤩 What I personally like most about it: 💸 it’s free. No hidden costs or limited feature scope. 💡 it’s self-explaining. No demo call is needed to find success. 🔒 it’s safe. Try it with sample artifacts before connecting company information. 🏗️ it builds on top of your existing apps and lets you sync your information. Give it a try!
Grace Hur
Maker
@irina_haupt Simple and delightful. Just like our product's core principles 🍦
Irina Haupt
Maker
@gracehur Yes, and just like our favorite dessert! 🤩🍦
Maija Riuttamäki
Congrats on the launch! The product looks amazing and definitely happy about the 90-day free trial! How do you make sure Collato find the most up-to-date & correct information? Unfortunately, the same info tends to be saved in multiple places with varying accuracy...
Grace Hur
Maker
@maija_riuttamaeki Hi Maija - thank you for the kind words! The information you sync to Collato is pulled from your original tool. We treat this as a one way street: any changes made in the original file is reflected onto Collato, not the other way around. This means that you and your team can continue work as usual in your preferred tools, and we'll keep up with those changes. Even if you import various versions of the same artifact, we'll find you the best search match based on the quality and relevance of the content inside :) Our visual map also gives you the affirmation that you're in the right ballpark because you see the immediate connections. Let me know what you think!
John Morrison
Maker
@maija_riuttamaeki That's a very valid concern. Our search results are weighted firstly on relevance and then recency. That means, if conflicting information is saved in multiple places, the most recent document will be ranked higher. We are continually improving and iterating our product and would be extremely appreciative of any feedback you have.
Grace Hur
Maker
@maija_riuttamaeki @john_morrison1 John's the smart brain ☝️ he knows how the product works inside and out! 💯
Maija Riuttamäki
Thanks @john_morrison1 and @gracehur! That sounds to be a smart solution! I'll see how Collato assesses the relevancy of our docs and will let you know if I find any problems.
Irina Haupt
Maker
@maija_riuttamaeki Excited for you to try it out - please send all your feedback our way, we want to make it as user-centric as possible!
Abid Unnisa
How cool is that!! Cant wait to try.
Kartal Erkoc
Maker
@abid_unnisa Hey Abid! 😊 Happy to get your feedback once you try it out! 🙌🏼
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@abid_unnisa Hey Abid! Thank you so much for trying it out! Let us know what you think of it and how to make it even better 🚀
Abid Unnisa
@kartal_erkoc1 will do for sure!
Abid Unnisa
@franziska_kroll definitely! All the best!
Irina Haupt
Maker
@abid_unnisa Glad you like what you see! We offer expert onboarding to help you get the most out of our product. Wanna give it a try?
Inderpreet Singh
Congratulations to the team. This will surely be helpful for the teams.🎊🎊
Kartal Erkoc
Maker
@inderpreet_singh1 Appreciate your feedback Inderpreet! We have been enjoying it internally as well and hope to see it brings value to product teams out there! 🙌🏼
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@inderpreet_singh1 Thank you so much for the kind words! Any thoughts on which teams, apart from product teams, could really benefit from Collato?
Grace Hur
Maker
@inderpreet_singh1 Ahh! Thank you, my friend! This is just the start and we can't wait to have you along with our journey.
Inderpreet Singh
@franziska_kroll Maybe a freelancer who interacts with clients on different platforms.
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@inderpreet_singh1 Interesting you mention this, this is exactly how we started out. If you want to know more one of our founders is hosting an AMA on here https://www.producthunt.com/disc...
Ilya Yaroshevich
Salutations ! Bravo on the launch of Collato on Product Hunt! 🥳 Looks amazing!! I really hope this product becomes popular and teams start implementing it! Develop it and let everything work out!
Irina Haupt
Maker
@ilyayaroshevichqa thanks so much for sharing your feedback! We're thrilled to see that you and so many other find it useful, our hearts are so full! 🌟
John Morrison
Maker
@ilyayaroshevichqa The team has worked hard to get where we are already. And still, so many cool things to come. Would love to hear any ideas you have.
Grace Hur
Maker
@ilyayaroshevichqa Thank you so much! It's been a labor of love 🤖❤️ P.S. we use this internally too to keep track of how a newly built feature ought to behave vs not. And also to report back issues/gaps to follow up on prior to release. Could this be helpful in your day to day as a QA Engineer?
Ilya Yaroshevich
@gracehur Yes, it would help me improve the interaction between the teams on the project in the future! What languages does Collato support?
Grace Hur
Maker
@ilyayaroshevichqa We haven't localized our platform yet, but generally speaking - we found some success in asking the semantic search questions in German. We have yet to test questions in all native languages (We're an international team of 19, and we represent 13 different countries / over 12 languages.) TDLR: The results are strongest right now in English.
Tornike Phkhovelishvili
Seems interesting. Can you tell us a bit about the integration process? How long it takes, what is the process, etc
Sebastian Oehlschläger
Maker
@tornike_phkhovelishvili Thanks for the feedback 🙌 Integrating any tool is really straight-forward, inside Collato you simply select the tool, click "connect" and it sends you to the tool for giving Collato permission to access the data you want to include. Essentially just two clicks 😊 New data is typically searchable within a minute.
Tornike Phkhovelishvili
@sebabytes I see. I would assume that data protection will be important part for the users as Collato will get a lot of sensitive internal information. How do you ensure that users can have peace of mind on that?
Sebastian Oehlschläger
Maker
@tornike_phkhovelishvili Exactly, that's a top priority for us 💪 To ensure that we avoid using external AI services and so documents stay within the private network of our secure data center.
Irina Haupt
Maker
@tornike_phkhovelishvili Thank you so much for your support and keep those questions coming! 🙌
Anil Matcha
Powerful for teams productivity, congrats on the launch
Kartal Erkoc
Maker
@matcha_anil Hi Anil! 🙂 I see you also worked on three products based on GPT models. Your feedback would be much appreciated. Please give us a try and let us know what you think! 🙌🏼
John Morrison
Maker
@matcha_anil Thank you, Anil, I would be very interested to hear how you imagine our product fitting into your team.
Anil Matcha
@kartal_erkoc1 Sure, will do
Irina Haupt
Maker
@matcha_anil We truly believe it is and are happy you think the same! 🚀
Daniel Øllgaard
Congrats @sebabytes and team, this is very cool! This would save so much time - searchability within individual tools is great, but we work across so many tools all the time that it's hard to even know where to look. This seems to solve for that. I imagine there are a ton of use cases outside product management - are there future plans to expand the focus?
Sebastian Oehlschläger
Maker
@daniel_ollgaard Thanks Daniel! We will definitely expand it beyond product management eventually but for now, having this focus really helps us to get all the details right 👌
John Morrison
Maker
@sebabytes @daniel_ollgaard Our ICP was focused on PMs but we definitely plan to expand this in the future. We will focus on integrating with more tools in the coming months so we can cover even more use cases. We would be very interested to hear any ideas you have.
Daniel Øllgaard
@sebabytes @john_morrison1 that makes a lot of sense, focus early on really helps build a solid user experience. Off the top of my head, sales and customer success seem like great use cases. It could get rid of the frustrating, but necessary "let me check with my team" answer during sales, onboarding or general customer conversations. I'll definitely let you know when other things come to mind!
John Morrison
Maker
@sebabytes @daniel_ollgaard Great idea, I think sales and customer success teams would benefit greatly. Hopefully, "let me check with my team" becomes "let me check with collato" 😉
Daniel Øllgaard
Chris Sarca
This seems really useful, congrats on the launch!
Grace Hur
Maker
@chris_sarca Thank you! Which use case resonates the most with you? 💭
Kartal Erkoc
Maker
@chris_sarca Thanks for the support Chris and wishing you lot of success as well with your upcoming product hunt launch! 🙌🏼 do you already see some features that you could leverage in your company? 😊
Chris Sarca
@kartal_erkoc1 Our project is pretty huge, with tons of things that can easily get frustrating to explain over and over again, so the project wiki right now seems the most useful.
Chris Sarca
@gracehur The project wiki 100%
Grace Hur
Maker
@chris_sarca Chris! I'll connect with you on LinkedIn. Here to help if you ever get stuck or have questions 🙌
Doğu Gül
Congrats on your launch! I will definitely try Collato and look at what you've built :)
Grace Hur
Maker
@dogu.gul Yes please! Can't wait to hear your thoughts 🤩.
John Morrison
Maker
@dogu.gul Thank you Doğu, looking forward to hearing what you think. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@dogu.gul Yay! I am curious how you will put it tp the test in the world of marketing!
Irina Haupt
Maker
@dogu.gul Please do! We can't wait to gather your feedback and make Collato as user-centric as possible!
Kate Kovbii
This is just amazing! Sounds like a huge relief for people like me who are just trying to keep everything in mind like all the time 😬 Congrats on your launch! 🥳
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@kate_kovbii Thank you so much! Collato is our humble contribution to creating a more human-centric future of work where people can focus on doing their best work instead of searching for information 🚀
Sebastian Oehlschläger
Maker
@kate_kovbii Thanks Kate, that's great to hear!
Kate Kovbii
@franziska_kroll that's just awesome! You guys doing GREAT work! ❤️
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@kate_kovbii thank you! We also have so much fun doing it :)
Kate Kovbii
@franziska_kroll oh my! That is even better! ❤️
Elena Bastyte
I am absolutely thrilled for this product launch! It's been a long time in the making, and I'm so proud of what our team has achieved 🥳🥳🥳
John Morrison
Maker
@elena_bastyte 🙌 and so much positive feedback on your designs today.
Elena Bastyte
@john_morrison1 That's wonderful to hear!! 😍
Irina Haupt
Maker
@elena_bastyte What would we be without your spectacular designs! 😍
Elena Bastyte
@irina_haupt Thank you so much 🥰🥰
Irina Haupt
Maker
Arda Diker
This looks so helpful, welldone Collata team 👏🎉
Irina Haupt
Maker
@ardadiker Yay, glad you like what you see! What sparked your interest most? :)
Grace Hur
Maker
@ardadiker 🙏 ❤️
Arda Diker
@irina_haupt I am a very messy worker 🤭 To find files I use Everything (pc app) or Raycast (mac). But these dont search for content and there is no AI help. Your product looks like a great search engine.
Irina Haupt
Maker
@ardadiker Hahaha, you're not alone, I can be too! But Collato has definitely made my life easier and I hope that is something we can do for you and other users as well. Let us know how much time our search saves you as soon as you've tried it! :)
Grace Hur
Maker
@irina_haupt @ardadiker Here's a secret - me too! 🙈 As a PM, I feel so much guilt whenever I don't have every little piece of info together. It feel like I'm the bottle-neck for my team (whether or not it's objectively true). When I try structuring information and processes, it somewhat works, but I exert so much mental energy and time to upkeep the digital workspaces and files. Using Collato with our internal team, it now feels like I can find and communicate the right amount of information and context, regardless of how many (messy) digital roommates I share the space with.
Cem Özçelik
Congrats team 🥳
John Morrison
Maker
@cem_ozcelik Thank you, Cem, if you get a chance to try it out today, we would be very grateful for any feedback. 🙌
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@cem_ozcelik Thank you for your wishes! I'd be curious to hear how you would use it with your team 🚀
Irina Haupt
Maker
@cem_ozcelik Thank you for your support, we wouldn't be here without all of you! 🚀
Lino
I love the current trend of breaking up rigid silos! Moving knowledge and navigation into fluid searches that also condense results will be a huge jump in productivity. We’re leveraging same principles at VoiceLine as well, you got my upvote for sure!
Sebastian Oehlschläger
Maker
@fantivecreations Thanks for your support, we couldn't agree more! 🙏
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@fantivecreations Thank you very much! It's so important to break down these silos as they are one of the leading causes of frustration in the workplace! We try to make the future of work more human-centric. This is our humble contribution 🧘
John Morrison
Maker
@fantivecreations Totally agree, especially in an era where teams like to choose their preferred tools, which, can create even more scattered information.
Irina Haupt
Maker
@fantivecreations Thanks for your thoughts and your support! Intrigued to check out your company now! :)
Dokyeong Ha
OMG!! What a great service! Thanks, I'll try it out.
John Morrison
Maker
@dkha Glad you had an OMG moment 😉 That is exciting for me to see. Looking forward to hearing your feedback. 🙌
Sebastian Oehlschläger
Maker
@dkha we appreciate it! Let us know what you think!
Franziska Kroll
Maker
@dkha Oh thank you so much 🎉🎉🎉 Would love to hear your thoughts once you had the chance to check it out.
Kartal Erkoc
Maker
@dkha Thank you, means a lot! 🙏🏼 let us know how we can support you once you try it out 🙌🏼 😊
Irina Haupt
Maker
@dkha PLease do and tell us what you think!
Evgenii Pavlov
Congrats on your launch! Amazing product!
Grace Hur
Maker
@eunix thank you! let us know what tool you think we should integrate next 💪🌟
Evgenii Pavlov
@gracehur Do you integrate with Linear?
Grace Hur
Maker
@eunix Not yet, but it's on our radar! We love how smooth it is and so do a lot of our users. Which other tools do you rely on?
Irina Haupt
Maker
@eunix Thank you so much! What do you like most about it so far? 🚀
Sunny Kumar
Nice product! Congrats on the launch team! @sebabytes @catherine_norris
Catherine Norris
Maker
@sebabytes @sunny_sogra Thank you Sunny! Have you had a chance to check it out yet? We can't wait to hear what you think!
Grace Hur
Maker
@sebabytes @catherine_norris @sunny_sogra Thank you for your support, Sunny! 🥳 🥳 🥳
Sunny Kumar
@catherine_norris I am definitely gonna try it out soon and share the feedback!
Irina Haupt
Maker
@sebabytes @catherine_norris @sunny_sogra Yay, thanks for the compliment! Which feature do you like best so far?
Shubham Pratap Singh
Congratulations on the launch🎉💯
Catherine Norris
Maker
@shubham_pratap Thank you for your support Shubham! Have you had a chance to try it out yet? Can't wait to hear what you think! 😊
Kartal Erkoc
Maker
@shubham_pratap Many thanks Shubham! 🙏🏼 Wishing you lot of success with your platform for safety as well! And please let us know how we can support when you would like to give it a try 😊
Shubham Pratap Singh
Thank you @kartal_erkoc1 , and i will try collato very soon @kartal_erkoc1 @catherine_norris 🙂 Wishing you and your team great success 🏆:)
Irina Haupt
Maker
@shubham_pratap Thanks for joining us on this ride! 🎉