Our story
Built quietly, in Bangalore, for the everyday weight of life.
ManaSmurti is a small, private chat companion. It exists because someone close to us needed something like this, and there was nothing that fit. So we made it.
Where we come from
It started with one person we could not help enough.
A few years ago, someone close to the founder went through a stretch where everything felt uncertain at once. Work, family, money. Nothing dramatic. Nothing small enough to ignore. Their friends had already heard the same things many times. A counsellor was either too far, too expensive, or felt like too big a step for a stretch that did not yet have a name.
What they needed was a quieter place to put thoughts down and read them back. Somewhere to think out loud without performing for anyone. That place did not exist.
ManaSmurti is what we built instead. Not for that one person, by then. For the next person who finds themselves in the same gap.
What it is
A small, private companion. Plainly.
You write what is on your mind. It listens, asks one good question at a time, and helps you find the shape of the thing you are carrying. No advice unless you ask for it. No pressure to fix anything. No record kept anywhere except your own account.
A place to talk
A private chat for the unsettled hour. Write it down, read it back, and let the thought find its shape.
A path to follow
A small library of short guides for moments you would rather walk quietly than start a conversation. Steady for the unsettled hour. Crossroads for the decision that will not decide. Chai Break for the five minutes between things.
A way to see yourself
Quiet self-assessments, to notice your own patterns without anyone watching. Use whichever sits right today.
That is the whole product. We add slowly, on purpose.
Where the name comes from
मनः, the mind. स्मृति, remembrance.
ManaSmurti is a quiet contraction of two Sanskrit words: manaḥ, the mind, and smṛti, remembrance. To remember the mind. To notice it gently, without rushing to police it or fix it.
The product is named for that practice and built for it. Nothing more.
A small note: ManaSmurti is the name of this company and product, founded in Bangalore in 2026. It is not the same as the ancient Sanskrit text Manusmriti (the Laws of Manu). The two names sound similar; they are unrelated.
मन एव मनुष्याणां कारणं बन्धमोक्षयोः
How we work
Four things we hold to.
Built like a friend.
A good friend listens carefully, asks the small useful question, and stays around until the thing in your head finds a shape. ManaSmurti is shaped around those three things, and nothing more.
Honest about what we are not.
ManaSmurti is not a therapist, not a doctor, not a crisis line. When something needs a trained person, ManaSmurti will say so plainly and point you to a curated, current Indian list at the Help right now page.
Yours alone.
Conversations are encrypted at rest. They are not used to train anything. Nobody is reading along. You can delete a conversation, or your whole account, any time.
Plain pricing.
The first month is free, no card. After that, pick a six-month or twelve-month plan, paid up front. No autopay surprises, no recurring charges, no card on file unless you choose to add one.
Made in Bangalore by Rakesh Krishnan and a small team. Reach out.