Meta AI director Rohit Patel launches Ndoc office suite

Patel was a director at Meta Superintelligence Labs before launching Ndoc, following eight years developing AI at Meta.[1] He describes Ndoc as an open-format, AI-native alternative to the office suite.[2] The product is positioned against Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, while its listed tools include Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Tableau, Replit and “ChatGPT copy-paste.”[1] Ndoc’s unified workspace is designed so colleagues can access it even if they are not signed up for Ndoc.[1] That setup makes shared access a central part of the product’s pitch, alongside its range of tools.

Patel says Ndoc uses open file formats including Markdown, React, Parquet, Python and JSON.[2] Each work item exports as a self-contained.ndoc.html file, and the specification is open under Apache 2.0.[2] These details describe file formats and the specification; they do not establish that every part of Ndoc is open source. Ndoc’s website says demand is higher than expected, offering immediate sign-in if capacity allows or a first-come, first-served waitlist.[3] It says people on the waitlist will receive an email when it is their turn.[3] Teams considering a trial should account for the possibility that access will be delayed.