Meta AI Director Rohit Patel Leaves to Launch Ndoc, an Office Rival
Summary
Rohit Patel leaves Meta after eight years to launch Ndoc, an AI-native workspace pitched as a replacement for Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. Patel says Ndoc opens an alpha to wait-listed customers, free to sign up with charges for usage and tokens. He plans to open-source its .ndoc.html file format.
Key Points
- Ndoc runs an enterprise pilot alongside the alpha, with a beta planned in coming weeks and a full launch next year.
- Patel says Ndoc is fine-tuned on open source models and claims it costs considerably less to run than frontier-model alternatives.
- Each document's Model tab exposes the Python scripts and datasets, which Patel says lets users verify the AI's formulas.