A personal essay, a tutorial, or an argument that's been knocking around in someone's head for weeks can all find a home on Medium. Now the platform wants to be part of what happens before those pieces are ready to publish — when a writer is still sorting through notes or sending an early draft to a friend.

On Nov. 9, Medium launched TK, a free writing and note-taking app for people with a Medium account. TK has an AI assistant built into the editor that can answer questions or give feedback as writers draft. It also lets writers share work in small groups where others can leave comments, swap notes, or contribute writing of their own.

It's goal, according to CEO of Medium Tony Stubblebine, is to "craft writing that compounds into deep thinking, which creates influence across your entire world. What shape is that influence? We’re still figuring that out, but we know it starts with humans writing more."

"We’ve designed TK for three goals: Easy to write. Easy to think. Easy to feel like your writing matters," he added.

The launch comes as the internet has changed. " Though Medium is profitable since 2024 , iterating must be done to compete with both other publishing platforms (like Substack ) and social media.

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