Kosmik

Hey, I’m Paul – co-founder and designer of Kosmik. My path into tech started unusually early. I was eight when my uncle handed me an old Atari computer from the 1980s. It only booted in BASIC, so if you wanted it to do anything, you had to program it yourself. That’s when I had this realization – a computer could open directly into a world of creation, not just consumption. That idea never left me.

I grew up fascinated by computing history. At 12, I joined a French nonprofit trying to build the equivalent of the Computer History Museum. I got to experiment with old machines, learn electronics, and explore early hypertext systems like HyperCard and Canon CAT. Those tools didn’t care about apps or folders. They were fluid, adaptable, more like creative instruments than rigid software.

Later, I studied philosophy, worked as an assistant director in a small film studio, and felt first-hand how poorly computers handled real-world creative workflows. Everything was disconnected: renaming files, converting formats, jumping between tools just to get one thing done. I kept thinking, what if there was one surface that let you do it all?

In 2018, we started sketching that idea into reality. I built the first version of Kosmik as a native iPad app. It was raw but promising. My boss at the time believed in it enough to seed the company and give me space to build. Then I met my co-founder, who brought the technical backbone. We rebuilt it, expanded to Mac and web, learned the hard way where to focus, and finally, after a full rewrite, Kosmik became what we always hoped it would be.