ContextLens
Team led by founder/CTO Aditya Bawankule (bemosAIc, Ex‑Meta, UIUC BS) — GenAI/LLMs, Gemini, Unity3D, AWS/Firebase, VR/AR, SaaS.
Project Description
Ever had Claude or ChatGPT forget everything you just told it? Raindrop Universal Memory Server solves that. It’s a universal memory layer that makes ANY AI assistant remember context across sessions, tools, and even different AI platforms. Think of it as a brain upgrade for AI.
The Innovation:
- First universal memory layer for AI tools using the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Solves AI’s “amnesia problem” - context loss between sessions and tools
- Platform-agnostic design: works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, etc.
Creative Technical Choices:
- Multi-Layered Memory Architecture (Inspired by Human Cognition)
- Working Memory: Active session state via Raindrop Actors
- Episodic Memory: Conversation history in SmartBuckets
- Semantic Memory: Knowledge documents with Vector Search
- Procedural Memory: Skills and templates in KV storage
This mirrors how human memory actually works, making AI context management more natural.
- Hybrid Search Strategy
- Combines semantic search (vector embeddings) with keyword search
- Weighted ranking algorithm balances precision vs. recall
- Intelligent relevance scoring adapts to query type
- Service-Oriented Architecture on Raindrop PaaS
- 17 microservices that auto-scale independently
- Observer pattern for background processing
- Message queues for async operations
- Zero DevOps overhead - pure business logic
What Makes It Creative:
- ✅ Not just another chatbot - it’s infrastructure
- ✅ Solves horizontal integration (works across ALL tools)
- ✅ Built in 48 hours leveraging Raindrop’s platform capabilities
- ✅ MCP protocol adoption shows forward-thinking (industry standard)
🛡️ Reliability (Production-Ready & Fault Tolerance)
Production Deployment
Current Status:
- ✅ 17/17 services running on Raindrop PaaS
- ✅ Live URLs (API & MCP gateways publicly accessible)
- ✅ Database migrations completed
- ✅ Vector indexes built and operational
- ✅ Health monitoring active
Prior Work
Waitlist website was created prior, all code of actual product was created during hackathon