The company behind Obsidian
Dynalist Inc
Obsidian is made by Dynalist Inc., a small team that says it is paid for by its users rather than investors. The app is free to use; the company earns money from Sync and Publish subscriptions and from optional Catalyst and Commercial licenses.
obsidian.mdRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Obsidian at a glance
- Chief executive
- Steph Ango
- Team
- A small team, in its own words, with help from contributors and volunteers
- Ownership
- Privately held
Obsidian's CEO and founders
The people Dynalist Inc names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Obsidian funding
No outside investors: its About page says Obsidian is 100% supported by its users, not investors, and its pricing page calls it 100% user-supported. obsidian.mdobsidian.md
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held. Its About page says Obsidian is independent and 100% supported by its users, not investors. Its privacy policy names Dynalist Inc. as the company that develops Obsidian. obsidian.md
- Team
- A small team, in its own words, with help from contributors and volunteers obsidian.md
Obsidian on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)x.com/obsdmd
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@obsdmd
- Threadsthreads.net/@obsdmd
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/obsidian.md
- Discorddiscord.gg/obsidianmd
- GitHubgithub.com/obsidianmd
- Blog · obsidian.md
- Changelog · obsidian.md
- Roadmap · obsidian.md
- Community · forum.obsidian.md
- Status page · status.obsidian.md
Only accounts Dynalist Inc links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Dynalist Inc
The ways Dynalist Inc publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Obsidian news and launches
- Oct 5, 2026Obsidian 1.14 Desktop (Public)
- Oct 5, 2026Obsidian 1.14 Mobile (Public)
- May 13, 2026Obsidian Sync audits by Cure53 and Trail of Bits
- May 12, 2026The future of Obsidian plugins
Media kit
The Dynalist Inc media kit
Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Dynalist Inc.
Questions about Obsidian the company
Who is the CEO of Obsidian?
Steph Ango is Dynalist Inc's CEO, according to obsidian.md, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Obsidian?
Shida Li and Erica Xu are named as founders of Dynalist Inc.
How much funding has Obsidian raised?
No outside investors: its About page says Obsidian is 100% supported by its users, not investors, and its pricing page calls it 100% user-supported.
What is Obsidian's valuation?
No valuation was found in Dynalist Inc's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns Obsidian?
Its About page says Obsidian is independent and 100% supported by its users, not investors. Its privacy policy names Dynalist Inc. as the company that develops Obsidian.
How many people work at Obsidian?
A small team, in its own words, with help from contributors and volunteers.
Is Obsidian on social media?
Dynalist Inc links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, Discord and GitHub. The links are on this page, taken from Dynalist Inc's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Dynalist Inc’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.