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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.Vector + raster AI for designers. Actually controls the output.An agentic iPhone home screen that replaces your static icon grid with AI widgets that proactively surface health, calendar, finance, and local context — without you having to open a single app.Run any open-source AI model with an API call.
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PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree + $12-$48/moWaitlist / Beta (pricing not yet disclosed)Pay per second of compute
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Designers, brand teams, anyone needing vector output or tight style control.iPhone power users who are frustrated that Siri is still reactive and want their home screen to actually anticipate their day.Developers using open-source models (Flux, SDXL, Whisper, etc).
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Exports SVG vectors — rare in AI image gen
  • Strong style control + consistency
  • Brand kit for consistent outputs
  • Ambient, proactive intelligence delivered via native iOS widgets — no app-switching required
  • Cross-domain context: health, calendar, email, finances, and local recommendations in one layer
  • Works within iOS permission model (no jailbreak or sideloading), making App Store approval plausible
  • Strong pre-launch signal: 25k+ waitlist and backing from a16z, True Ventures, and SV Angel
  • Tens of thousands of models (image, video, audio, LLMs)
  • One-line API for any model
  • Cog framework for custom model deploy
Weaknesses
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Less hyped than Midjourney
  • Learning curve for non-designers
  • Still pre-launch / beta — zero proven track record and no public pricing yet
  • iPhone-only by design, which immediately locks out half the smartphone market
  • Battery drain and privacy concerns from constant ambient context scanning are real and unresolved
  • Cold starts on less-popular models
  • Pricing gets real at scale
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 designers. The only one that takes vectors seriously.The concept is genuinely compelling — turning the home screen into a living AI layer is a smarter bet than yet another chat interface — but this is vaporware until it ships publicly and we see whether Apple's sandbox lets it breathe. (Verdict pending Phi's full review.)S-tier for open-source model APIs. The default in this space.
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