Bradley Thaddeus Harz's profile on Product Hunt

About

I'm Bradley, founder of Elysia Ecobotics under EcoSyneva Commons LLC. I'm building Elysia AI, a free, local-first AI companion for people who want powerful technology without surrendering their privacy or control. Elysia's Linux release is available now, with user-approved tools, readable traces, public source code, and no account or payment required to download it. But I'm building something bigger than another chatbot. My vision includes scientific research, environmental engineering, conservation, and robotics, with real safeguards rather than unrestricted AI autonomy. I want Elysia to earn people's trust through what she actually does, not what I promise she'll become. https://elysiaecobotics.com/

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EcoSyneva Commons

Elysia Ecobotics

Elysia AI on GitHub

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Maker History

Elysia Ecobotics OnlineOpen tools for science, ecology & collaboration
Nov 2026

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Joined Product HuntOctober 31st, 2026

Forums

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3d ago

Elysia Ecobotics Online: Building something bigger than another AI platform

Hey everyone!

I'm Bradley, founder of Elysia Ecobotics, an initiative of EcoSyneva Commons LLC.

I've been building Elysia Ecobotics Online, the public home for Elysia AI and a growing ecosystem of open technology, developer tools, scientific resources, and community collaboration.

And it's already live!

p/elysia-ai

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3d ago

Elysia AI: What would make a privacy-first, local AI companion worth using?

Hey everyone!

My name is Bradley, and I'm the founder of Elysia Ecobotics, an independent project I'm developing through EcoSyneva Commons LLC.

I've been working on something called Elysia AI, a free, local-first artificial intelligence companion built around privacy, user control, transparency, and responsible use of AI.

One of my biggest goals is to build an AI system that genuinely works for its users, rather than making people dependent on subscriptions, surrendering their private information, or giving an AI unrestricted control over their devices.

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18h ago

Elysia Ecobotics Online - Open tools for science, ecology & collaboration

Elysia Ecobotics Online is the public platform for an initiative combining local-first AI, open-source software, environmental science, and education. Explore the governed Marketplace intake, Developer Forge, The Commune, and Living Library for project discovery, development resources, community connections, and learning. The site also provides public documentation, software releases, and progress updates. Elysia AI remains a separate, locally installed application.