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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.Spreadsheets with AI + live integrations baked in.AI avatar videos. Record once, speak any language.Terminal-based AI pair programmer. Git-aware, model-flexible.
CategoryAgentsDataVideoCoding
PricingWaitlist / Beta (pricing not yet disclosed)Free + $19-$89/user/moFree + $24-$65/moFree (open source) + whatever API you use
Best foriPhone power users who are frustrated that Siri is still reactive and want their home screen to actually anticipate their day.Ops teams, marketers, anyone building dashboards from multiple sources.Course creators, multilingual marketers, anyone scaling video content.Developers who want open-source tooling with full control.
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
  • Pull live data from Stripe, Slack, Google Analytics, etc.
  • AI functions inside cells
  • Modern UX
  • Clone your face + voice in 2 minutes
  • Instant translation into 40+ languages with lip sync
  • Avatars look less uncanny than competitors
  • Works in any terminal
  • Auto-commits changes with meaningful messages
  • Works with any model (Claude, GPT, local)
  • Minimal learning curve
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
  • Not a full Excel replacement for heavy users
  • Integrations best on paid tiers
  • Pricey for serious volume
  • Long shots still feel off
  • Ethics — easy to misuse
  • Terminal-only
  • Less agentic than Claude Code
  • Setup on Windows is fiddly
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.)A-tier. The most interesting spreadsheet in years. Great for ops dashboards.S-tier for multilingual video. If you sell courses or speak at events, this is a cheat code.A-tier. The right answer if you want open-source + terminal-native + model-agnostic.
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