Spatio Notch

I have a strong belief that AI is going to become deeply embedded into every personal computer and the expectation for extensibility will rise to the top. Therefore, I also believe it is going to be very difficult for apps like ChatGPT and Claude to maintain their market share unless they invest more into "local-first AI operating systems" that does not rely on the underlying company or person who creates it (think Linux) as opposed to cloud-powered AI chat bots. Over the past few years, my team and I have been developing a new AI called Darwin, which we released just yesterday. Instead of paying monthly fees or relying on open-source models that overheat your Mac, you can own Darwin forever with a one-time payment—costing less than 2 months of ChatGPT Pro for an unfathomably greater per prompt value with no limits. He is deeply embedded into your Mac and no interactions touch our servers, because everything happens and stays on your Mac. Anything that requires an external network request requires your explicit permission. If you'd like, you can also rename Darwin to whatever you want, personalization is a high priority. He is also very extensible so you can add features over time which we call "capabilities". Even if our company is no longer around, Darwin or whatever you name your personal AI will still exist and thrive...

You can think of Darwin somewhat akin to Next.js is to the company Vercel, in terms of its ability to provide immense value without absolutely requiring a company to exist. In this early phase, we are investing heavily in creating the proper infrastructure to enable developers to submit open source capabilities so we can achieve our unrealistic sounding goals of one million capabilities by EOY. Starting May 1st, anyone can submit their own unique Darwin capabilities and optionally earn revenue per download. If you’re among the first 100 users to get Darwin, we’ll match your earnings up to $1,000. Plus, you’ll keep 100% of revenue generated through our App Store—up to $10 million—after which you’ll earn 99.5% revenue per download. Developers will also be able to choose to distribute directly and retain 100% of their revenue indefinitely. We believe a large majority of powerful apps will be free to download akin to the Apple App Store so don't worry about that.

If you’re passionate or interested about shaping the future of personal AI computing, we’re looking for skilled Swift developers to help expand Darwin’s open-source capabilities on Mac. Our goal this year is ambitious—1 million+ capabilities. It may sound unrealistic, but we believe it’s achievable through collective open-source collaboration.

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