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Short notes on what we’re shipping in Mark 1x — new ways to learn, research you can trust, and the small details in between.

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Announcements·September 20, 2026·6 min read

Introducing Rooms: group chats with Mark in them

Rooms are shared spaces — a study group, a team, a few friends — with Mark in the conversation. Ask him together, share a library he reads, take quizzes with a leaderboard, and catch up on what you missed. Six letters to join.

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Announcements

Mark 1x-9B: a 9B model that answers in interfaces

Our first open-weights model. Built on Qwen3.5-9B, it decides when an interface beats a paragraph and produces one that renders first time — with no schema and no constrained decoding. Weights, evaluation harness and every raw output are public.

September 8, 2026·5 min read
Learning

How to supercharge your learning with Mark

A practical study system built on what Saanora actually does — projects that hold your syllabus, explanations you can drag, quizzing that fights the fluency illusion, and a Mark that tells you where you're wrong.

August 31, 2026·8 min read
Product

Inside Saanora's memory: how Mark keeps up when your facts change

Saanora's memory doesn't just store what you told Mark — it retires what stopped being true, picks what's relevant to the question you actually asked, and lets you read and edit every line of it.

August 31, 2026·7 min read
Product

Saanora Projects: give Mark your context once, not in every chat

A project is a repository for context — a client, a codebase, a thesis, a subject. Attach the files and the brief once, and every chat inside starts already knowing them.

August 31, 2026·6 min read
Product

The Saanora Library: every chat, upload, and document Mark made

Files you send Mark and files Mark builds for you used to live wherever the conversation left them. The Library puts all of it on one page — searchable, filterable, and traceable back to the chat it came from.

August 31, 2026·5 min read
Product

How Mark reads your files: inside Saanora's document canvas

Attach a PDF, a Word file, a deck or a spreadsheet and Mark opens it beside the chat — and shows you exactly what it managed to read, so you know before you trust the answer rather than after.

August 31, 2026·7 min read
Announcements

Saanora for Windows: the AI desktop app, now on the Microsoft Store

Saanora is now a free AI desktop app for Windows. Press Alt+Space to summon Mark, your AI assistant, from anywhere — get it on the Microsoft Store.

August 8, 2026·5 min read
Announcements

Saanora for Android: the AI assistant app is now on your phone

Saanora is now a free AI app for Android. Chat with Mark, get interactive answers, attach photos and files, and pick up any chat from web or desktop.

August 8, 2026·6 min read
Guides

What can an AI assistant do? A practical guide

Wondering what can an AI assistant do beyond chat? A grounded tour of real everyday uses — answers, cited research, code, writing, and real files — in one app.

July 14, 2026·5 min read
Product

An AI with memory: why remembering you changes how you work

An AI with memory stops you re-explaining your role, projects, and preferences each session. Saanora's is different: you can view, edit, and delete it.

July 10, 2026·5 min read
Guides

AI for coding: How to get clean, usable code from an assistant

AI for coding is only as good as your prompt. Here's how to get complete, paste-ready code from an AI assistant: name the version, ask for the whole file.

July 7, 2026·6 min read
Comparisons

Looking for a free ChatGPT alternative? Here's what to actually check

Every free ChatGPT alternative offers a free tier now — so the real question is what that free experience includes. Here's a practical checklist to judge it.

July 2, 2026·5 min read
Comparisons

Saanora vs ChatGPT: what makes Mark different

An honest Saanora vs ChatGPT comparison for ChatGPT users: where ChatGPT shines, what Mark's show-don't-tell, learning-first approach does differently, and when each fits.

June 18, 2026·6 min read
Comparisons

Saanora vs Claude: how they differ and which one fits you

Already use Claude? Here's an honest look at what makes Saanora different — interactive, show-don't-tell answers and built-in learning tools, in one chat.

June 12, 2026·6 min read
Comparisons

Saanora vs Grok: what's actually different

Already on Grok? Here's an honest look at where Saanora differs — interactive, show-don't-tell answers and built-in learning tools versus Grok's real-time, witty reach.

June 6, 2026·6 min read
Announcements

Meet Mark: the AI that shows you, not just tells you

Mark 1x doesn't stop at a wall of text. Ask a hard question and it builds the explanation — diagrams, interactive models, and step-by-step reasoning you can actually follow.

May 24, 2026·4 min read
Product

Inside interactive 3D: drag, zoom, and label any concept

From a molecule to a planetary orbit, Mark can render a concept as a 3D object you rotate, zoom, and inspect. Here's how interactive 3D turns abstract ideas into something you can hold.

May 20, 2026·5 min read
Learning

Study mode: quizzes and flashcards that actually stick

Turn any chat into a study session. Mark generates quizzes and flashcards from what you're learning, so the answer doesn't just get read once and forgotten.

May 15, 2026·4 min read
Product

Simulations you can drag: physics in real time

Pendulums, projectiles, springs — Mark renders simulations you can grab and nudge, watching the numbers change as you go. Intuition beats memorization.

May 11, 2026·5 min read
Research

Research you can trust: answers with real citations

Research mode reads across the web and cites every claim back to its source, so you can check the receipts instead of taking an answer on faith.

May 8, 2026·6 min read
Product

Turn any answer into a PDF, deck, or sheet

Ask, then export. Mark turns a conversation into a downloadable PDF, a slide deck, or a spreadsheet — real files you can share, not just text on a screen.

May 6, 2026·4 min read
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