What Happened to Rewind AI?
Short answer: Rewind AI rebranded to Limitless in 2024, Limitless was acquired by Meta in 2025, and the service shut down on December 19, 2025.
Timeline: Rewind → Limitless → Meta → Shutdown
2020
Rewind AI is founded
Dan Siroker and Brett Bejcek start Rewind AI with the goal of giving humans 'perfect memory' — software that records and indexes everything you see, say, or hear on your computer.
November 2022
Rewind launches on Mac
The Rewind app ships for macOS: local recording of screen and audio, searchable like a personal time machine. Early coverage centers on its privacy-first, on-device storage pitch.
March 2023
Ask Rewind — "ChatGPT for me"
Rewind launches Ask Rewind, a GPT-4-powered assistant that answers questions about everything you've seen or heard. The 'ChatGPT for me' framing goes viral and drives a wave of press.
2023
Funding hype peaks
Backed by a16z and NEA, Rewind raises at a steep valuation after a viral investor pitch on X. iOS and Windows versions are announced.
Late 2023
The Rewind Pendant
Rewind announces the Pendant, a wearable that records and transcribes real-world conversations. Preorders pile up and the device dominates the company's press coverage.
2024
Rebrand to Limitless
The company rebrands from Rewind to Limitless (limitless.ai), refocusing around the Pendant and a cloud-based personal-AI product. The original Rewind Mac app enters maintenance mode.
2025
Meta acquires Limitless
Meta acquires Limitless. The team joins Meta, and the standalone products begin winding down.
December 19, 2025
The Rewind app shuts down
Recording in the Rewind app is disabled for good and downloads are removed. Meta stops selling the Pendant and winds down support for existing Limitless users through 2026.
2026
The domain finds a new life
The rewind.ai domain now hosts an independent, unaffiliated platform: 400+ free AI tools for text, image, video, code, and voice — no signup required.
What's at Rewind.ai today
Today this domain hosts a different product by a different team: a platform with 400+ free AI tools — chat, image generation, video, code, transcription, translation, and more — powered by open-source and commercial AI models. No signup required to start.
Curious? Start with the full tool catalog, read about the platform, or jump straight into the free AI chat.
Frequently asked questions
What happened to Rewind AI?
Rewind AI, the Mac app that recorded everything you saw, said, or heard, rebranded to Limitless in 2024. Limitless was acquired by Meta in 2025, and the Rewind app stopped working on December 19, 2025.
Is this website the original Rewind AI?
No. Rewind.ai today is an independent platform offering 400+ free AI tools. It has no affiliation with the original Rewind AI, Limitless, or Meta — only the domain name is the same.
What happened to the Rewind Pendant?
The Rewind Pendant, announced in late 2023, shipped as the Limitless Pendant after the company's 2024 rebrand. Meta stopped selling it after acquiring Limitless in December 2025, with support for existing devices winding down through 2026.
Can I still download the Rewind app?
No. The Rewind app stopped recording on December 19, 2025, and the Mac, Windows, and iOS apps are no longer available for download.
What is Rewind.ai now?
Rewind.ai is now a free AI tools platform — 400+ tools for text, image, video, code, and voice tasks, powered by open-source and commercial AI models, with no signup required to start.
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