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StageWhisper works during your calls, not after. No bots join your meetings. Here is every update since day one.

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April 9, 2026

40-minute free trial and Founding Edition New users get 40 minutes of hosted coaching free. No credit card, no setup. Open StageWhisper and start a call. We also launched the Founding Edition: pay $99 once, keep lifetime access to every plan we ship. Early supporters keep everything. Persona-specific landing pages now show how StageWhisper fits sales, consulting, recruiting, and research workflows.

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April 7, 2026

Local-first transcription with Parakeet ASR StageWhisper can now transcribe calls on your Mac. Audio stays on your machine. We use NVIDIA’s Parakeet TDT model through ONNX Runtime, so nothing leaves your laptop. Added a waitlist page for Windows and Linux users.

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April 6, 2026

Free if you bring your own AI If you run OpenClaw, StageWhisper’s call coaching is free. Connect your OpenClaw instance and get live suggestions, custom personas, and playbooks at zero cost. Released the Founding Edition pricing tier and published docs at stagewhisper.io/docs.

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April 4, 2026

Durable task execution with Hatchet Moved background AI reasoning to Hatchet’s durable execution engine. Tasks survive server restarts, retry on failure, and run with proper deadlines. Tightened rate limiting and security around user tokens.

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April 3, 2026

Hatchet integration and stale job cleanup Replaced the old in-memory sweeper with Hatchet-managed workflows. Stuck background jobs now time out cleanly instead of hanging. Added retry logic for callback event delivery.

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April 2, 2026

Bring your own AI assistant You can connect your own AI reasoning service to StageWhisper. If your service goes down mid-call, StageWhisper falls back to hosted reasoning so coaching never stops. Health checks detect disconnects fast and reconnect when the service comes back.

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April 1, 2026

BYO assistant reliability and session stability Fixed a race condition where reconnecting a BYO reasoning service mid-call could hang the session. Switched to SHA-256 hashing for session tokens. Addressed 15 review findings from the BYO assistant pull request.

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March 30, 2026

OpenClaw relay hardening Added a confirmation dialog before disconnecting your AI assistant. Relay message delivery now validates payloads, uses stable idempotency keys, and retries once on failure.

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March 27, 2026

Real-time pub/sub for AI assistant bridge Replaced polling with PostgreSQL pub/sub for the AI assistant bridge. Messages from OpenClaw now arrive instantly instead of on a two-second delay. Published the OpenClaw-StageWhisper channel as a standalone package.

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March 26, 2026

OpenClaw assistant dispatch Connected OpenClaw as a live reasoning provider. StageWhisper sends conversation context to your OpenClaw instance during the call and shows responses on screen in real time.

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March 24, 2026

Playbook framework Built the playbook system. Define step-by-step frameworks (MEDDPICC, BANT, custom checklists) and StageWhisper tracks your progress through each step during the call. Added playbook templates for common sales and consulting workflows.

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March 22, 2026

Resumable sessions If your app closes mid-call, you can pick up where you left off. Sessions resume with the full transcript and coaching state intact. Fixed race conditions around session segment tracking and async desktop events.

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March 20, 2026

Subscription management and pricing page Added a pricing page showing what each plan includes. Users can manage their subscription, change plans, and view invoices from the app.

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March 18, 2026

About page and SEO Launched the About page. Applied SEO metadata across all landing pages.

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March 15, 2026

Privacy controls and desktop consent Added privacy consent flows to the desktop app. You choose what audio gets captured and what gets shared before anything leaves your machine.

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March 14, 2026

Polished landing page Redesigned the landing page with feature reveal animations, mobile-responsive navigation, and gated downloads that verify you are human before handing over the installer.

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March 12, 2026

Personality voice setup You can now set up your coaching personality by speaking to it. Tell StageWhisper how you want feedback and it adjusts its tone and style. Added toggle controls for individual insight signals.

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March 11, 2026

Live STT-LLM coaching pipeline Shipped the core real-time pipeline: speech-to-text feeds into the language model during your call. Suggestions show up on screen while you talk. No waiting until the call ends. Added Silero VAD for voice activity detection so the system only processes speech, not background noise.

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March 10, 2026

Vocal tone analysis StageWhisper reads vocal tone in real time. It tracks eight dimensions (hesitation, confidence, tension, momentum, and more) and shows you how the conversation feels as it happens.

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March 7, 2026

Visual overhaul and session panel Replaced the landing page gradient with an animated blinds shader. Updated brand copy. Widened the session panel, simplified the tone legend, and stopped sending raw mic audio over the websocket. Only transcripts travel to the server now.

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March 5, 2026

Custom personas You can create custom coaching personas. Each persona has its own personality, expertise, and coaching style. Switch personas between calls.

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March 3, 2026

Insight signal pipeline Built the signal extraction system. StageWhisper pulls structured coaching signals from the live transcript: commitments, objections, questions, action items, and more. All in real time.

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March 1, 2026

Landing page and local dev server First public version of the StageWhisper landing page. Set up the local development server.

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February 24, 2026

Multi-session support Users can run multiple coaching sessions and switch between them. Session history is preserved and searchable.

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February 21, 2026

Session recorder and desktop branding Added the session recorder: StageWhisper captures the full call and makes a searchable transcript when you finish. Audio stays local. Set up brand identity with app icons, bundle identifiers, and the first DMG installer for macOS.

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February 20, 2026

Stripe billing and entitlements Integrated Stripe for subscription billing. Added webhook handling, entitlement checks, and usage caps. Users can manage settings from a dedicated window.

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February 18, 2026

Live transcription with Gemini Connected Google Gemini as a live transcription and reasoning provider. Transcriptions stream in real time during calls.

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February 16, 2026

User authentication and backend API Built the auth system: email/password signup, login, JWT tokens, and account management. Connected the desktop app to the cloud backend.

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February 11, 2026

Keyboard shortcuts and session state Added global keyboard shortcuts so you can control StageWhisper without switching windows during a call. Improved session state tracking.

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February 9, 2026

Gemini live provider Added Google Gemini as a live reasoning provider with input/output transcription tracking.

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February 7, 2026

Backend API foundation Set up the FastAPI backend with database models, migrations, and the core API routes the desktop app talks to.

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February 5, 2026

Transcript panel and suggestion engine Built the transcript panel that shows live transcription and coaching suggestions side by side. Added global shortcuts for toggling the panel during calls.

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February 3, 2026

Desktop app foundation First working version of the desktop app. Screen sharing privacy controls, live transcript panel, and a clean overlay UI that sits beside your call window.

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January 27, 2026

Development environment setup Cleaned up the dev environment and terminal config for consistent builds.

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January 25, 2026

Project foundation merge Merged the foundation branch: Tauri desktop shell, React frontend, and the project structure everything builds on.

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January 23, 2026

Tauri desktop app bootstrap Initialized the Tauri app with React, Vite, and macOS private API support for system audio capture. This is the shell that became StageWhisper.

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January 6, 2026

Skill system and constitution Built the skill installer and validation framework. Defined the product constitution, the rules StageWhisper follows when coaching.

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January 5, 2026

Initial commit Created the repository. Day zero.