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Former Meta AI director Rohit Patel launches Ndoc to rival Office and Workspace
Rohit Patel, a director at Meta Superintelligence Labs, has left Meta after eight years to launch Ndoc, an AI-native workspace aimed at replacing Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. Ndoc combines presentations, cited analyses and the underlying data and Python scripts in one document. It is in enterprise pilot and alpha, with a beta expected in the coming weeks.
Key points
- Rohit Patel left Meta Superintelligence Labs to launch Ndoc, an AI-native office suite.
- Each Ndoc document links slides and analyses to inspectable datasets and Python scripts.
- Ndoc is in alpha with three staff and no outside funding; beta comes within weeks.
What happened: Rohit Patel is leaving Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch reported. He was a director at Meta Superintelligence Labs. Patel has launched Ndoc, which he pitches as an AI-native replacement for Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
The details: Ndoc aims to replace the mix of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Tableau and ChatGPT that many teams use. Each document has three layers: Stage for slides, dashboards and mini apps; Narrative for analyses with numbered citations; and Model for the datasets and Python scripts. Users can inspect the scripts or ask the AI chat to explain formulas. "There's nothing hidden behind the curtain here," Patel said. Ndoc is built on fine-tuned open-source models, which Patel says makes it considerably cheaper to run than tools built on frontier models. Documents export as a single HTML file, and Patel plans to open-source the format.
Who it affects: Colleagues can open documents without signing up, and connectors import data from existing tools. Sign-up is free, with customers paying for usage and tokens. Ndoc competes with enterprise offerings from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others, including OpenAI's Space workspace launched in September 2026.
What to watch: Ndoc has a team of three and no outside funding, and Patel does not plan to raise until customers show enthusiasm. It is running an enterprise pilot and a waitlisted alpha, with a beta expected in the coming weeks and a full launch planned for next year.
Our take
Teams frustrated by copying data between spreadsheets, slides and chatbots get a new option that lets users inspect the code behind every number.