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TaglineMac launcher + AI. Command-bar genius.Spreadsheets with AI + live integrations baked in.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 LLMs locally. One-line install, GUI optional.
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PricingFree (app) + $10/mo AIFree + $19-$89/user/moWaitlist / Beta (pricing not yet disclosed)Free + open source
Best forPower users on Mac who type a lot.Ops teams, marketers, anyone building dashboards from multiple sources.iPhone power users who are frustrated that Siri is still reactive and want their home screen to actually anticipate their day.Devs wanting offline/local LLMs for privacy or experimentation.
Strengths
  • Invoke AI from anywhere on Mac with a hotkey
  • Choose your model (Claude, GPT, etc.)
  • AI Commands for repeatable workflows
  • Pull live data from Stripe, Slack, Google Analytics, etc.
  • AI functions inside cells
  • Modern UX
  • 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
  • Run Llama, Mistral, Qwen, etc. on your laptop
  • Simple CLI + API
  • Hardware-aware (picks the right quant)
Weaknesses
  • Mac-only
  • Monthly AI sub on top of free app
  • Not a full Excel replacement for heavy users
  • Integrations best on paid tiers
  • 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
  • Needs beefy laptop for larger models
  • Speed way behind cloud APIs
Kai's verdictS-tier if you're on Mac. The fastest way to get AI answers without context-switching.A-tier. The most interesting spreadsheet in years. Great for ops dashboards.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 local inference. If you care about privacy or want to tinker, install this today.
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