Medium is launching TK, a new note-taking and journaling app that mixes private social networking with writing tools. It is the blogging platform's first major product since 2017, according to CEO Tony Stubblebine, who spoke with The Verge ahead of the announcement.
The app is designed to get people writing more often and to help them share that writing with friends, collaborators or fans. TK is part of a broader bet that the future of blogging will look more like group chats than public web pages, and it arrives as AI chatbots and search engines send less traffic back to the open web.
TK app features and AI writing tools
At its core, TK is a minimalist note-taking app focused on daily journal-style entries and longer-form writing. The real difference lies in what surrounds the text: you can point an AI model at your notes to organize them, search through them or get feedback on your writing.
The app's name doubles as a shortcut. Typing "TK" — a placeholder writers often use — summons the AI model to fill in information for you. Stubblebine describes the approach as using large language models to handle some of the grunt work of creating and managing notes.
Once something is written, it does not have to become a blog post. You can share it through links or email, much like a Google Doc, and collaborators can write, comment and leave emoji reactions.
- Minimalist note-taking and journaling app
- AI can organize, search and give feedback on your notes
- Typing "TK" summons the AI model to fill in information
- Share via links or email, like a Google Doc
- Collaborators can write, comment and add emoji reactions
- Libraries act as private blogs for groups of authors
