Show HN: Aethene – Open-source AI memory layer
akhilponnada Sunday, February 22, 2026Hey HN,
I'm shipping my first open-source project and I'm pretty nervous about it.
Aethene is an AI memory API – it gives your AI apps persistent memory. Store conversations, extract facts automatically, search semantically, handle contradictions gracefully. It works well thank most of the memory projects available on the market currently.Why I built this: I was building AI agents and kept running into the same problem – they forget everything. Every conversation starts from zero. I wanted something that could: - Auto-extract facts from conversations (not just store raw text) - Handle "user moved from SF to NYC" without keeping both as true - Search by meaning, not just keywords - Version everything (who said what, when)
Tech stack:
- TypeScript + Hono (fast, edge-ready)
- Convex (real-time DB + vector search)
- Gemini (embeddings + extraction)
What it does:
# Store memory
curl -X POST /v1/content -d '{"content": "User loves hiking, lives in SF"}'
# Recall naturally
curl -X POST /v1/recall -d '{"query": "outdoor hobbies"}'
# Returns: "User loves hiking" with assembled context
It handles the boring stuff – chunking, embeddings, deduplication, contradiction detection, versioning – so you can focus on your actual product.
Links:
- GitHub: https://github.com/akhilponnada/aethene
- API Docs: OpenAPI spec in repo
This is my first time launching anything publicly. Would love feedback – what's missing? What would make you actually use this? Roast my code if you want, I can take it.Thanks for reading.
Summary
Aethene is a decentralized platform built on the Ethereum blockchain that allows users to create and trade NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and digital assets. The platform aims to provide a secure and transparent environment for the creation, ownership, and exchange of unique digital items.
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