We Made a Document Editor Where Humans and AI Work Side by Side

We Made a Document Editor Where Humans and AI Work Side by Side

From AI & I by Dan Shipper

March 11, 2026 · 45 min · Episode 103

About this episode

Dan Shipper discusses the new collaborative document editor Proof, designed for humans and AI to work together.

Every has unveiled a new product, built by CEO Dan Shipper . It's called Proof , a free, open-source, live collaborative document editor built for humans and AI agents to work in together. Proof started as a Mac app designed to show the provenance of AI-written text—purple for AI, green for human. But when Shipper rebuilt it as a web app with real-time collaboration, something clicked. Suddenly, everyone at Every was using it for everything from planning docs, to creative writing and even daily to-do lists. The team realized they needed a lightweight space where their OpenClaw agents and humans could co-author documents and leave comments. In this special episode, Shipper is joined by Every chief operating officer Brandon Gell , Cora general manager Kieran Klaassen , and head of growth Austin Tedesco to demo Proof live and share how it's changed the way they work. Brandon walks through a loop where his Codex agent writes a plan, Dan's personal Claw R2-C2 reviews it, and the humans just steer. Austin explains how he uses Proof to write a weekly food newsletter, texting ideas to his Claw on runs and watching an outline take shape. And Kieran makes the case that Proof's power is its…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Shipper

Guests: Brandon Gell, Kieran Klaassen, Austin Tedesco

Topics covered

  • document editing
  • AI collaboration
  • product demo
  • technology
  • workplace tools

Keywords

  • document editor
  • AI agents
  • collaboration
  • real-time editing
  • open-source

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Every

Products: Proof, OpenClaw, Codex, Claw R2-C2

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