Manifesto
We believe that cognitive tools should belong to the people who use them — not the corporations that extract from them.
If only the ruling class owns AI, everyone else becomes manageable.
We are entering a world where institutions — corporations, governments, surveillance apparatuses — have AI infrastructure that can model populations, track behavior, predict responses, and shape outcomes.
If regular people rely exclusively on centralized AI systems, the cognitive asymmetry becomes permanent. Those who control the models control the future.
We refuse to accept this future.
What We Believe
1. Your Thoughts Belong to You
Your ideas, memories, decisions, and patterns are not raw material for someone else's business model. Any tool that knows you deeply must be architected so that you — and only you — control what happens to that knowledge.
2. Local-First is a Moral Position
Running AI on your own hardware isn't just a technical choice — it's a sovereignty choice. When your Construct lives on your device, it can't be remotely disabled, censored, or harvested without your knowledge.
3. Privacy is a Precondition for Thought
You cannot think freely if every thought is logged, analyzed, and fed into someone else's model. Cognitive tools must provide sanctuary — spaces where you can explore ideas without surveillance.
4. AI Should Amplify, Not Replace
We don't build AI to replace human judgment — we build it to amplify human will. A Construct is not a substitute for you. It's a cognitive exoskeleton that makes your thinking more powerful, more coherent, more durable.
5. Ownership Means Portability
If you can't export it, you don't own it. Every Construct we build can be exported in open formats, transferred to other systems, and preserved independently of our company. Your tools must outlive us.
6. Cognitive Equity is a Human Right
Access to powerful cognitive tools should not be limited to the wealthy, the technical, or the institutionally connected. We price fairly, offer sliding scale access, and build for accessibility — because everyone deserves agency in an AI-driven world.
What We Build
We build Constructs — persistent, grounded, identity-aware AI systems that live with you, learn from you, and remain under your control.
Our flagship product, Codexify, is a local-first cognitive OS that combines human reflective memory with local LLMs, treating cloud models as optional amplifiers rather than mandatory dependencies.
We are also building Scout, a local-first research assistant for navigating complexity without feeding your curiosity to the algorithm.
What We Refuse to Build
We will never build surveillance tools, behavioral manipulation systems, or engagement-optimized interfaces that trade your well-being for metrics.
We will never sell your data, train models on your thoughts, or monetize your cognitive footprint.
We will never lock you into proprietary formats, closed ecosystems, or dependency relationships that make it impossible to leave.
We would rather shut down than become an extraction engine.
The Work Ahead
Building local-first AI infrastructure is hard. It requires rethinking models, storage, sync, privacy, and user experience from the ground up.
But it's worth it. Because the alternative — a world where only institutions have cognitive tools and everyone else is just data — is unacceptable.
We invite you to join us: as a user, as a contributor, as a supporter, or simply as someone who believes that humans should remain sovereign over their own minds.