Black is a Monotype.

Distinction Labs

AI that knows what it knows. And AI that knows you.

CMYK shows where each answer came from. When it doesn't know, it says so. Monotype is a personal AI that remembers everything you tell it, at home and at work. Both are coming soon.

CMYK

Ask it anything. When it knows, it shows you the source. When it doesn't, it tells you.

A confident wrong answer can cost more than no answer at all. CMYK is made for those stakes: research, law, engineering, finance and any decision that rests on what an AI told you.

Why CMYK? Printers make almost every color on a page from four inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Each one has to land exactly where it belongs, or the picture blurs. We named it for that kind of exactness.

An example of how CMYK answers
You

Did the city change its noise rules this month?

CMYK

Yes. Starting next month, quiet hours begin at 10 p.m. instead of 11.

Source City council minutes, last Tuesday, item 7

You

Find me a case where a tenant got out of a lease early because of noise.

CMYK

I couldn't find one, so I won't make one up. Your own lease covers leaving early in clause 9. Want to see what it says?

No source No matching case found

Source Your lease, clause 9

What else it does

  1. 01

    It knows what happened last week.

    Ask what changed in your field last week. It answers, and it shows the source.

  2. 02

    Bring your own documents.

    Give it your contracts, your notes or your field's newest results. Ask about them any time, and it cites the page. Correct it once, and the correction sticks.

  3. 03

    Ask it the other way around.

    Give it a memo that says Dana reports to Priya. Ask who Priya manages, and it says Dana, though the memo never puts it that way.

  4. 04

    It follows a question all the way through.

    Ask which of your suppliers rely on a factory in the flood zone. It follows each link, from supplier to part to factory to map, and shows you every step.

  5. 05

    It tells you what's still open.

    Ask about math or science, and it tells you which answers are settled and which questions are still open.

Monotype

It remembers you.

Monotype is your own AI. Tell it what's going on. It remembers what you told it last week and last year. When your life changes, it keeps up. What you share with it stays private to you.

An example of how Monotype talks with you
You

I'm thinking about taking the job in Denver.

Monotype

Two years ago you turned down Chicago because of Sunday dinners at your mom's. Is that still what matters most?

You

Less than it did. She's been talking about moving.

Monotype

Then tell me about Denver. On Tuesday you said the team felt right.

A day with Monotype

  1. Your sister's surgery is this morning. Monotype remembers, and reminds you to call before she goes in.

  2. The interview went badly. You tell it on the walk back to the car. It remembers what this job meant to you, and it lets you talk.

  3. You take the long way home and just talk: your dad, the job, a song you can't shake. It doesn't rush you. Halfway home it asks about the thing you skipped past. You hadn't noticed you'd skipped it.

  4. It's late and the apartment is quiet. You say the run felt easy tonight. It remembers you nearly stopped running last winter, and asks what changed.

Monotype at work

It remembers the parts you've forgotten. Your clients' business stays private too.

For the coder

It knows your whole codebase, and why each decision was made.

On Monday morning, you don't have to explain the project again. Ask why retries happen in the client, and it tells you about the outage that put them there and the review where your team agreed to them.

For the researcher

It has read every paper you cite.

It remembers the argument you were building last fall. Ask whether anyone has shown it in living animals, and it tells you: not in any paper you've cited. Then it shows you the paper that came closest.

For the lawyer

It remembers every client conversation you've shared with it, and every clause you've negotiated.

Ask what you conceded on indemnity across your last three deals, and it lays the clauses side by side.

For the manager

It keeps track of every commitment, every person and every thread.

Before your one-on-one with Sam, it reminds you what you promised last month, and whether you did it.

For anyone who works

The customer who prefers a call to an email. The supplier who's always late in December. The thing you meant to follow up on.

Monotype remembers all of it.

Every conversation picks up where the last one left off. Even years later.

Why Monotype? In printmaking, a monotype is a print that's made only once. No two are alike. Your Monotype is yours alone.

The print on this page was made for your visit. No one else will see this one.

See where your answers come from. Pick up where you left off.

CMYK and Monotype are coming soon.