Your conversations never leave your machine.
SideSense was built privacy-first because interviews, meetings, and classes are personal. Audio and transcripts are processed on your device, not ours.
Transcription and drafting run on your Windows machine.
Nothing is sent to a SideSense server. There isn't one in the loop.
Sessions live in local storage you control, so export or delete anytime.
Free local Ollama, or your own API key from any provider. Your choice, your keys.
Nowhere it shouldn't.
Run open models entirely on your machine. No API key, no usage cost, no internet required once installed. This is the private default.
Prefer a hosted model? Plug in your own API key from any provider you like (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, and others). Only the text needed for a draft is sent to the model you chose. Nothing is retained by us.
Plain-language promises
There's no ad model and no data broker. The product is the software, not your recordings.
Sessions, transcripts, and your question bank are yours to export or wipe.
With Ollama you can run SideSense with your network disconnected entirely.
Private by default. Powerful by design.
Try SideSense free while in early access, fully local if you want.