Created by Hans Hageman - founded 3 schools, Yass Prize semifinalist & Robin Hood Heroes award winner
Your research won't break you. You will master it.
Less than a single therapy session. Yours for life.
Other AI tells you what you want to hear. Ocean tells you what you need to hear.
Grad school is a multi-year marathon with no finish line in sight. You need a coach who remembers the whole journey-not just today's crisis.
Get proactive nudges, weekly reflections, and a coach who tracks your milestones across semesters-not one that forgets you between sessions.
Try 5 free sessions - no credit card required
One payment. Your coach forever.
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Not for you? Full refund, no questions asked.
The Problem Isn't Your Intelligence
You got into grad school. You're smart enough.
The real challenge is becoming someone who can:
- Navigate advisor dynamics without losing yourself
- Handle imposter syndrome when everyone else seems fine
- Make progress on a dissertation when the finish line keeps moving
- Decide between academia and industry without spiraling
That's not about working harder or reading more papers.
That's about building a different relationship with yourself.
Ocean helps you do that across your entire program-using proven frameworks, not generic advice.Who Will You Become?
The version of yourself who finishes-and trusts that they belong here
Someone Who Navigates Advisor Relationships
Difficult feedback, shifting expectations, power imbalances-your coach remembers every conversation and helps you prepare for the next one.
Someone Who Handles Imposter Syndrome
"Everyone here is smarter than me." Your coach tracks your real progress and reminds you of evidence your brain conveniently forgets.
Someone Who Makes Steady Progress
Dissertation milestones, quals, comps-your coach tracks every commitment and won't let the timeline disappear into ambiguity.
Someone Who Owns Their Career Path
Academia, industry, alt-ac-your coach helps you think through what matters to you, not what your department expects.
Someone With a Life Outside the Lab
Stop working at midnight and calling it dedication. Your coach helps you build sustainable habits across semesters, not just before deadlines.
Someone Who Believes They Belong
Build a track record of kept promises and overcome milestones. Your coach is the witness to your entire academic journey.
A Coach That Knows Your Entire Program
Year 3, qualifying exams approaching. One AI remembers you. One doesn't.
You:
"My advisor just told me to completely change my thesis direction. I've wasted two years."
ChatGPT:
"That sounds frustrating! Here are some general tips for managing advisor disagreements and thesis pivots..."
❌ Generic advice. No context about YOUR research journey.
OceanYou:
"My advisor just told me to completely change my thesis direction. I've wasted two years."
Ocean:
"I remember-last spring you told me your advisor's feedback felt inconsistent, and you mapped out three alternative angles. One of them was the behavioral data approach you were excited about. Is this a chance to pivot toward work that actually energizes you? Let's think through this together."
✓ Remembers your research history and past insights
A Coach That Actually Remembers You
ChatGPT forgets you exist the moment you close the tab. Forge remembers every breakthrough, every goal, every struggle-forever.
Forge AI
$297 once
- Cross-session memory(Saved & searchable)
- Remembers past conversations
- Trained on proven frameworks
- Good at general tasks
- 24/7 availability
Campus Counselor
6-week waitlist
- Cross-session memory
- Remembers past conversations
- Trained on proven frameworks
- Good at general tasks
- 24/7 availability
ChatGPT
$20/month
- ~Cross-session memory(~100 facts only)
- Remembers past conversations
- Trained on proven frameworks
- Good at general tasks
- 24/7 availability
No more starting over. The continuity of a therapist who knows your whole story-without the waitlist or session limits.
Why "Trained on proven frameworks" matters: ChatGPT learned from the internet-Reddit threads, random blogs, conflicting advice. Ocean learned from a coach who's spent 30+ years leading teams and thousands of dollars on professional training. Same AI technology. Very different teacher.
Talk Freely About Anything
Advisor frustrations, career doubts, imposter syndrome-your conversations are completely private.
Your conversations are visible only to you. Your advisor, department, and university cannot see them.
Your information is never shared with advertisers, data brokers, or any third parties.
Your conversations are never used to train AI models. Your words stay yours.
You can request complete deletion of your data at any time. No questions asked.
All data is encrypted in transit and at rest using industry-standard security.
Our architecture is designed with student privacy regulations in mind.
Frequently Asked Questions
I spent years coaching professionals who kept starting over. Not because they lacked discipline, but because no one remembered what actually worked for them.
Every new app, every new system-they all started from zero. Generic advice. No context. No memory of what clicked last time or what always falls apart.
The breakthrough came when I realized: people don't need more tips. They need a coach who knows them deeply enough to ask the right question at the right time.
So I built Forge around memory. Real memory. The kind a great coach has after working with you for months.
It's trained on frameworks I've developed over decades-drawn from my education, years of coaching, and thousands of dollars invested in courses, tools, books, and methodologies around mindset, behavior change, and resilience. But more importantly, it learns what works for you specifically. Every conversation builds on the last.
This isn't another chatbot. It's a coach that helps you become unshakeable.
Hans Hageman
Founder, Forge