What is Enarra Memo?
Enarra Memo is an online service for companies that captures the tacit knowledge of
experts who are retiring or changing jobs. AI interviews the expert briefly and
regularly, the expert approves the knowledge cards made from the answers, and any
employee then gets the answer in the expert's own words, with its source. Enarra
Memo is developed by Enarra Oy, a Finnish company.
What is tacit knowledge?
Tacit knowledge is know-how learned through experience that has never been written
down: the early warning signs of machines, workarounds for exceptions, supplier
relationships and the quirks of old systems. It is hard to document, because a busy
expert does not write it down and does not know what others do not know. That is why
it is easily lost when an experienced expert retires or changes jobs. Enarra Memo
captures it by interviewing the expert and turning the answers into knowledge cards
that the expert approves.
How is Enarra Memo different from a wiki, an intranet or a knowledge base?
A wiki holds only what someone has the time and remembers to write, and its content
goes out of date. In Enarra Memo, AI asks the expert questions like an experienced
mentor and follows up on general answers, so it also captures knowledge nobody would
have thought to ask them to write down. Outdated information is replaced by a
corrected version, and the version history stays.
How is Enarra Memo different from general AI such as ChatGPT or Copilot?
General language models know public information, and a company's own AI search finds
only what is already written in its documents. They cannot find knowledge that was
never written down, so they can only answer from general knowledge. Enarra Memo
captures the knowledge from the expert, and its AI answers only from knowledge cards
the expert has approved and names the source. If there is no answer, Enarra Memo
says so instead of guessing.
Where is Enarra Memo's data stored?
In the EU. We commit to keeping servers, database, backups, AI and speech
recognition in the EU, and subprocessors and locations are listed in the data
processing agreement. Each customer organisation's data is kept separate, down to
the database level.
Who can see the interview answers?
In the service, only the person interviewed. Your organisation's administrators and
managers cannot see interview answers. Others see only the knowledge cards the
expert has approved for publication: a card that has not been approved does not show
up in search or in the AI's answers. Interview texts are handed over only if the law
requires it, for example in an authority's investigation. Enarra Memo's named
administrators have technical access to the database, which section 9 of the data
processing agreement describes.
Does Enarra Memo evaluate employees?
No. Enarra Memo measures the risk of losing expertise, not how people perform. It
does not score or compare employees. The EU AI Act classifies AI used to evaluate or
monitor workers' performance, or to make decisions about their employment, as
high-risk. Enarra Memo does none of these. The Risk radar shows the areas of
expertise that have only one expert, sorted by departure date.
How much does Enarra Memo cost?
The price follows the number of key people, and you never pay for employees who only
search and ask. The planned packages are Mapping at €4,900 one-off, Standard at €790
/ month for up to 15 key people and Extended at €1,900 / month for up to 50 key
people. For small companies, Handover costs €1,490 one-off for one departing person.
Prices exclude VAT. Our first customers get launch offers: a pilot at 50 % off for
up to four months, 33 % off the first year after the pilot and for the first 10
founding customers, and Mapping at €3,000 for the first 10.
Does Enarra Memo suit a small company or a change of ownership?
Yes. For small companies there is the Handover package: three months of interviews
and knowledge cards from one departing person for their successor, plus a year of
read access, for €1,490 as a one-off fee excluding VAT. It suits a change of
ownership or a family succession, when the know-how of the owner or a key person
must pass to whoever continues. No separate mapping is needed.
How long is the pilot and what does it take from us?
The pilot takes at most four months: mapping in weeks 1–2, then weekly interviews
and finally a summary for management. During the pilot you pay half the chosen
package's monthly price and of additional key people if you let us use your name as
a reference (33 % off without it), and the pilot mapping costs €1,000. We need a
list of key people and their departure dates, and a half-hour interview with the
managers during mapping. An expert spends about ten minutes per interview.
Which languages does Enarra Memo support?
Finnish and English. The user interface and interviews work in both languages. The
expert answers the interview by typing or dictating.
Can we take our data out of Enarra Memo?
Yes. You can export the published knowledge cards at any time as Markdown and JSON
files. The knowledge is yours: outdated information is replaced, not deleted, so the
version history stays.