The Next Chapter of Reader: Public Beta

Today, we're excited to announce the public beta of our own, fully-integrated reading app (known as "Reader"). Get started for free at readwise.io/read. What is Reader? In case you missed our original manifesto, Reader is a more powerful, more flexible version of the classic read-it-later app.…

The Next Chapter of Readwise: Our Own Reading App

Our mission here at Readwise is to improve the practice of reading through software by an order of magnitude. This sounded just as ambitious when we originally wrote it in 2018, but we’ve made some meaningful steps since: thousands of customers, hundreds of millions of highlights, and more. Today,…

Why We're Bootstrapping Readwise

Our mission here at Readwise is to improve the practice of reading through technology by an order of magnitude. While we have some strong opinions and good ideas (we think) on how to build such a product (indeed, we've already started!), what was less obvious was: How do we fund…