Privacy in the beta.

Ponder uses your Google or GitHub identity to keep your lessons private to your account. We store your name, email, sign-in session, lessons, learning preferences, progress and credit usage.

What leaves the app

Your tutoring requests and relevant lesson context are sent to OpenAI to generate responses, or to Anthropic when the tutor is set to one of its Claude models. The text the tutor speaks and the microphone audio used for transcription are processed by ElevenLabs. Image and web research queries are sent to Serper; Wikimedia may receive image queries when used as a fallback. Ponder reads public source pages and downloads images from their websites; those requests carry no account details. Cloudflare hosts the app and its stored data. Polar processes subscription billing when paid plans are enabled; Ponder does not store your card details.

Your learning history

Saved lessons may include your messages, shared images, workspace changes and generated narration. Avoid adding information you would not want those services to process. Beta administrators can manage accounts, access, credits and billing records. AI providers process submitted content under their own terms and privacy policies.

Account help

For access, deletion or privacy questions during this private test, contact the person who invited you. Public launch is pending the final operator contact, retention schedule and privacy notice.

Private beta notice · 9 November 2026