01 / Agency for the Individual
Agents matter most when they serve as a personal computing layer: acting on intent, spanning devices and tools, and staying aligned to the person using them.
Open systems Cognitive firewall Built for the user Run by machines
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GSV
Personal cloud AI computer platform for distributed, user-aligned agents.
See project →Personal AI infrastructure for the individual
Building the next layer of personal computing.
Most AI products today are wrappers, copilots, or engagement surfaces. We are more interested in the underlying systems: runtimes, sandboxes, orchestration, and the product layer that gives people real leverage over their own digital lives.
Personal AI, not platform AI.
2011 was the boom of social media. Some technologies forever alter the flow of human history. The way we interact with each other and with the digital world is now shaped by platforms. It's time for a change. Agents are the answer.
"Agents are becoming a new digital extension of you. The real question is whether they work for the user or for the platform. We are building for the user."
How We're Solving It
Open systems, runtimes, and real products.
A more detailed take on how we're solving it, with direct links to the projects and writing that shape the work.
Selected Projects
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Terminal-native agents
Workers + Durable Objects
Company Values
02 / Infrastructure Before Wrappers
The company will keep building underlying systems: runtimes, coordination layers, sandboxes, and open-source primitives that make better products possible.
03 / Attention Is Part of the Product
A major wedge is the cognitive firewall: software that helps people defend their focus against spam, slop, and low-value digital noise.
04 / Open Source First
Open systems are the default posture. Paid features may exist, but the company should stay legible, inspectable, and net-positive by default.