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About CoPa

Less friction, better records, fewer fights. Built by Connemara Labs.

The Product

Built for parents.
Not for courtrooms.

Most co-parenting tools were designed for attorneys and litigation. They feel like surveillance, and they're priced like it.

CoPa is different. It's built for parents who are past the hardest part and ready for a calmer routine, not for people preparing for a fight. But if things ever do escalate, the record is already there, because every interaction was documented from day one.

Everything in CoPa is designed to reduce friction, not add it. Structured data replaces conversations wherever possible. The communication that does happen is structured, documented, and on the record.

The Company

Connemara Labs

A one-person software studio based in Maryland. I started Connemara Labs to build tools that reduce friction in parts of life that most software ignores. CoPa is the first one.

Bootstrapped and self-funded. No venture capital, no growth-at-all-costs pressure. The goal is software that does one thing well. Legal claims about record admissibility are reviewed by outside Maryland family law counsel.

Your attorney can access your family's data for free through our Legal Portal, with no extra subscription and no complicated setup.

— Joel, founder

A parent and child cooking together in the kitchen
CoPa messaging screen with Calm Reading active

Design Principles

How we build

Calm, documented, low-volume

Every feature should reduce messages, not create more. If structured data can replace a conversation, it should.

Perspective-based, not power-based

Both parents see the same data from their own viewpoint, with equal access and equal standing.

Not a chat app

CoPa is not a place to have long conversations. Messages are kept in a single documented stream, and the app is designed so that most coordination happens through structured data, not back-and-forth.

Why CoPa

What makes CoPa different

01

Family-unit pricing

One subscription covers both parents. The invited co-parent gets full access at no cost, so there's nothing to negotiate.

02

Communication that becomes evidence

Messages can't be edited or deleted once sent. Every interaction is timestamped and preserved exactly as-is.

03

AI that helps the reader, not the sender

Calm Reading rewrites the tone for the person reading the message. The sender's original words are never altered and are always one tap away.

04

Free Legal Portal for attorneys

Your attorney can access your family's messages, calendar, expenses, and documents through a separate portal at no extra cost.

05

Neutral ground, not surveillance

CoPa is a shared workspace for coordination, not a monitoring tool. Both parents have the same access and the same view.

Ready for less friction?

We're in closed testing on Android. Join and we'll reach out when your seat opens.

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