This is a safe place for all your forgotten saves.

Ever feel like your early signals are always trapped in bookmarks, tabs, and screenshots you never revisit? Sometimes it’s for a project. Sometimes it’s just instinct. But deep down, you know it means something.

And yet, those sparks of insight often get lost….buried in screenshots, trapped in tabs, saved as bookmarks with the best intentions to go back to them, but you never do. This is what I call your digital purgatory. 

And that’s why we’re building Digital Culturist.
 

Here’s what I want to build out first:

Collect and Upload:

Drop in your screenshots, videos, PDFs, audios, and links, no more scattered saves.

Annotate Your Why:

Add quick notes like: “This is ironic,” “Looks like the romance era is coming back” “Same phrase used in 3 spaces.”

Zoom Out & See the Patterns:

AI helps connect the dots you’ve been sensing, categorizing your subconscious tracking into mind maps, themes, and idea constellations.

Synthesize

Your Digital Culturist summarizes your collected fragments—surfacing early signals and helping you understand not just what you’re gathering, but why it matters. And you can layer in your own perspective so the system learns from you over time.



Built by a strategist who’s been in screenshot hell

Hi, I’m Carissa Estreller and I am self-funding this because I believe deeply in both the product and the people it’s built for!

When you join the beta, you’re not just signing up, you’re shaping what comes next.

As part of the community, you’ll get:

  • A private Slack space to connect and share inspiration and meet other digital culturists
  • Monthly virtual meetups with product previews + networking
  • Behind-the-scenes access to our product development
  • Feedback sessions that directly shape features
  • First dibs on beta testing when we launch in Q1 2026

FAQs (aka: things you might be wondering)

Yas, totally free. When we launch beta, we’ll share more about pricing tiers—but for now, just bring your brain and curiosity.

You get a front-row seat to help shape the tool before it launches, plus access to other digital culturists. Oh—and we’ve got some special perks in the works for founding members.

Honest and useful is always welcome—whether it’s a quick gut reaction, a nerdy deep dive, or “I wish it did this instead.” You can jump into Slack convos, hop on a call, or just drop a comment now and then.

As much or as little as you want. Some people lurk and learn, others are in the chat daily. You do you.

Absolutely. Once you sign up, you’re in the Slack—where digital culturists go to just vibe, swap inspo, and give feedback on the product.

Yes, but it’s simple. Since you’ll get a peek behind the curtain, we ask everyone to keep product details private while we’re still building.

Please do! Especially if they work in strategy, marketing, trends, or insights. The more brains in the room, the better.

No stress. Lurkers are valid. You’ll still get early previews, product updates, and that nice feeling of knowing you’re part of something being built for you.



Questions? Email us at team@digitalculturist.ai