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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.Run LLMs locally. One-line install, GUI optional.The fastest AI inference in the world. Crazy low latency.
CategoryResearchDev PlatformDev Platform
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree + open sourceFree tier + pay-as-you-go API
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Devs wanting offline/local LLMs for privacy or experimentation.Developers who need sub-100ms LLM responses.
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Run Llama, Mistral, Qwen, etc. on your laptop
  • Simple CLI + API
  • Hardware-aware (picks the right quant)
  • 500+ tokens/sec on Llama/Mixtral — feels instant
  • Custom LPU hardware
  • Great free tier
Weaknesses
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Needs beefy laptop for larger models
  • Speed way behind cloud APIs
  • Open-weight models only (no Claude/GPT)
  • Less flexibility on custom configs
Kai's verdictS-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.S-tier for local inference. If you care about privacy or want to tinker, install this today.S-tier for speed. When latency is the product, start here.
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