The Origin Story

I had 1,000+ ChatGPT conversations and lost my best ideas.

Joyce Johnson Smith
Jan 28, 2026

Signal vs. Noise

The Product Manager's Dilemma

I have over 1,000 ChatGPT conversations. Somewhere inside that mountain of text are my best ideas, action items, and key insights. But I couldn’t find them.


The Problem with "Digital Noise"

As a 15-year Product Manager, my job is to find signal in the noise. But my own AI chat history was pure noise.

I’d spend 20 minutes scrolling through a single thread, trying to find that one brilliant prompt or that one solution I’d brainstormed last week. It was frustrating and a massive waste of time.

I Tried Everything

Like any good PM, I tried to hack together a solution:

  • Manually copy/pasting into Notion (took forever)
  • Using browser search (Ctrl+F is useless for finding concepts)
  • Renaming chat threads (quickly became a mess)

Nothing worked. The more I used AI, the worse the problem got. My best ideas were getting lost in a digital graveyard.

The "Aha!" Moment

My product brain screamed: "This is a user problem!" The user was me.

The issue wasn’t just storage; it was retrieval. I didn’t need to find exact keywords. I needed to find ideas and concepts. I needed semantic search for my own AI brain.

💡 The Solution: ThinkVault.ai

It’s a simple tool that lets you upload your entire ChatGPT history and search it by meaning, not just keywords.

ThinkVault Search Interface

Now I can ask: "Where did I brainstorm marketing ideas?" and get instant answers.

Join the Beta

I built ThinkVault for myself, but I know I’m not the only one with this problem. I’m now looking for 30 beta testers who have a ton of AI conversations and want to rediscover their best ideas.

The beta is completely free. If you’re a heavy AI user, a founder, or a builder who feels like their best ideas are trapped in their chat history, I’d love for you to try it out.

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