Buddy
In private use · early

Buddy is your bud.

He helps you solve problems, get organized, and whatever else you need.

He runs on your own hardware, on whatever AI you can afford, including free and local. He only knows what you tell him, and he can show you when you said it.

Buddy, a scruffy Cairn Terrier, painted in watercolor

A companion, not an assistant.

Buddy is built around three promises. Everything else is detail.

He remembers

A memory you can audit

Every fact Buddy keeps about your life sits in a knowledge graph you can open, read and correct. Each one carries the moment you said it. Nothing is invented and kept quietly.

He does things

Real errands, with a confirm step

Calendar, email, reminders, lists, phone calls, forms. Buddy carries the task through, and anything that leaves your device waits for your yes.

He is yours

Your hardware, your choice of AI

Buddy lives on your Mac and your iPhone. The model underneath is swappable: Claude by default, a free or local model when you choose. The value is Buddy, not the model.

What it looks like.

Three real screens from Buddy on an iPhone.

Buddy’s Home screen: Buddy’s House, a card of three things to try saying, and your apps
HomeEverything Buddy can do, in one place.
A chat with Buddy: you ask to book a dentist cleaning in March, he asks whether to put it on your task list, you say yes, and he adds it
ChatSay it once. He asks, then he does it.
Buddy’s Projects screen: folders like Home Renovation, Kids’ School, Book Club, Garden and Side Business
ProjectsYour life in folders. Buddy keeps them apart.

Meet the companions.

Pick the one who feels like yours. Same Buddy underneath, a different face and voice at the door.

Buddy the Cairn Terrier
BuddyCairn Terrier
Winston the Old English Sheepdog
WinstonOld English Sheepdog
Charlie the Jack Russell Terrier
CharlieJack Russell Terrier
Meli the Chihuahua
MeliChihuahua

How it works.

Two devices you already own. No account to create, no server to rent. Tap a step to see it in the app.

Buddy listening: your words appear as you say them, with a Review button
Say it out loud. Buddy writes it down as you talk.

Buddy is early.

He lives with one household today and gets better every week. If you want to hear when he is ready for yours, say hello.

Say hello