Our mission

The ultimate platform for thinking.

We believe that everything starts with thought. Whether you are creating the next world-changing business model or planning a trip, your thoughts serve as the foundation.

TheBrain
“Your screen should not look like a bunch of pretty buttons that you use to order your computer from one task to the next. Instead it should be a dynamic representation and experience of everything that's important to you.”

Harlan Hugh
CEO and Inventor of TheBrain
Feed Magazine, 1999

What drives us

What We Do

TheBrain Technologies helps people make sense of the wide range of information they need to organize and assimilate on a daily basis. We believe that two Brains are better than one. And if you extend and capture your thinking about your projects and life you can get some amazing stuff done.

All our software is designed to help you organize information the way you think. We think the world deserves a better way to organize and store their information other than folder directories and long lists. TheBrain's patented user interface is so flexible and fluid that you can link any file or concept to anything else.

Interesting Company Facts

100+

More than half of all Fortune 100 organizations today are using TheBrain to manage information and make better decisions.

10M+

TheBrain has been downloaded by over ten million people to date.

588K+

The world's largest Brain created by a single person is Jerry Michalski's, with over 588,000 Thoughts and 1,131,000 Links.

1.5M+

The world's largest public Brain goes to Encyclopaedia Britannica, with over 1.5 million topics to browse through.

TheBrain software inspires outstanding work and great ideas. Many high profile thinkers use TheBrain including Ray Kurzweil (inventor and futurist), David Allen (creator of GTD) and James Burke (world-renowned historian and author).

Harlan Hugh, the inventor of TheBrain, started programming at age 6 on an Apple II+. He wanted to push the metaphor for the computer beyond that of a glorified typewriter and filing cabinet.

TheBrain has been written about in hundreds of newspapers and blogs and was described by PC Magazine as “quite possibly the most intuitive mind mapping utility on the planet”.

Making a difference

How We Help

Overcome information overload

Integrate all information sources in a visual context and take control of all your information.

Gain insight and understanding

See key information relationships and get the big picture on ideas.

Get instant information access

Find information in seconds with TheBrain's “instant activate”.

Be inspired by ideas and thinking

TheBrain gives you a conceptual space that puts your ideas at the forefront.

Contact TheBrain

Phone - USA: 888-652-7529

Phone - International: +1-310-751-5000

Information: info@thebrain.com

Sales: sales@thebrain.com

Support: support@thebrain.com

Headquarters

11522 W. Washington Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90066