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Skye
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Fathom
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Leonardo.ai
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TaglineAn 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.Meeting notes, free forever for individuals.Run any open-source AI model with an API call.Gamer + creator image gen with model fine-tuning built in.
CategoryAgentsMeetingsDev PlatformImage
PricingWaitlist / Beta (pricing not yet disclosed)Free for individuals + $15-$29/user/mo teamsPay per second of computeFree + $12-$60/mo
Best foriPhone power users who are frustrated that Siri is still reactive and want their home screen to actually anticipate their day.Solo operators, freelancers, small teams on a budget.Developers using open-source models (Flux, SDXL, Whisper, etc).Indie game devs, illustrators, anyone training custom style models.
Strengths
  • 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
  • Unlimited free tier for solo use
  • Strong summaries + action items
  • Works in Zoom, Meet, Teams
  • Tens of thousands of models (image, video, audio, LLMs)
  • One-line API for any model
  • Cog framework for custom model deploy
  • Train your own models on your style/character
  • Great for game art + concept art
  • Generous free tier
Weaknesses
  • 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
  • Bot-joining model
  • Team features gated
  • Cold starts on less-popular models
  • Pricing gets real at scale
  • General output behind Midjourney
  • Can be overwhelming
Kai's verdictThe 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 solo + free. The best free option, hands down.S-tier for open-source model APIs. The default in this space.A-tier for creators training custom looks. B-tier for general use.
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