Why not just use ChatGPT or Claude?

Those are excellent general assistants. Local AGI is for people who want local-first agents, private workflows, saved artifacts, and task automation that runs from their own machine.

Who can join my Private Network?

Only nodes approved by the network owner can join. The owner controls which providers are trusted inside the network.

Does it replace people?

No. It works best as an assistant that drafts, researches, summarizes, and prepares work for your review.

What is a Neuron, and how do they earn rewards?

A Neuron is a device on the network that contributes spare compute to run models and agents for others. From the same app you can switch into Provide mode to run tasks and earn, while keeping things private and on-device. A hive (several devices running one model together) can also act as a single Neuron.

Which platforms are supported?

The desktop app is available for macOS and Windows today, with Linux coming soon.

Your AI, private by default. On devices and people you trust.

A team of AI agents on your own machine and the devices you trust.Analyze anything. Create everything. Automate the busywork.

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USE CASES

What can Local AGI do?

Real-world tasks handled by private AI agents on your hardware.

Data Analysis

Analyze my Amazon sales data, identify trends and suggest improvements to boost sales next month

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Stock Analysis

Should I buy Tesla stock now?

Bitcoin Analysis

Should I buy Bitcoin now?

Competitor Analysis

Research my top competitors and put together a competitive brief

SEO Analysis

Audit my site's SEO and find the keywords I should target to rank on Google

Pain Point Analysis

Find the biggest pain points my target customers complain about online

Image Generation

Cinematic portrait, dramatic studio lighting, editorial fashion look, black background with rim lighting

Image Editing

Change the background to a sunset over the ocean. Keep the subject and lighting unchanged.

Video Generation

Create a cinematic video from this image with natural movement and camera pan

Daily Reddit & X Brief

Every morning, scan Reddit and X for the top AI news and send me a brief

Daily Gmail Brief

Every morning, summarize my unread Gmail and send me a brief of what needs attention

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HOW IT WORKS

Agentic AI that runs where you trust it

Local AGI Network

High-performance devices running the Local AGI app provide intelligence for the network, so a less powerful device can borrow compute from a stronger one it trusts. Several devices can even pool into a single hive to run one model together. Both our built-in agents and external agents like OpenClaw can use it.

Local AGI works across three tiers: local, a private end-to-end encrypted mesh of devices you trust, and an optional public network, each with different privacy tradeoffs. The private mesh is the default way to share compute beyond one machine. Explore the Private Network.

Desktop App

The user-friendly app that simplifies the multi-agent system's complexity, enabling anyone to effortlessly delegate complex real-world tasks to Local AGI agents.

Local AI Agents

Local AGI agents operate locally within a secure sandbox, easing concerns about scale, privacy and security while preventing data errors caused by AI hallucination.

Local AI Models

Local AI Models keep your work on your own device, with no API bills or usage caps, and consistent performance.

Choose how your AI runs

From fully on your own device, to a private encrypted mesh of people you trust, to an optional public network. Each level is a different way to get and give compute.

Capable device Needs compute

Level 1

Local AI

Have a capable device? Run AI models directly on it. Your work never leaves your machine. Full privacy, full control.

Nothing leaves your device

Level 2

Private Network

Family, friends, or teammates form a private mesh. A capable device runs models for the weaker ones, even across the internet, with all traffic end-to-end encrypted, so your data stays readable only inside the circle.

End-to-end encrypted

Level 3

Public Network

Optional and opt-in: capable devices can lease spare compute to others on the public network for non-sensitive tasks, and earn in return.

Earn for spare compute

When one machine isn't enough

Bigger models used to be capped by your biggest single device: every Neuron had to hold 100% of a model. Not anymore.

Several devices, one model

With hive mind, several devices each load a slice of the model and run it together as a hive. A running hive then joins a Private Network or the Public Network as a single, more capable Neuron.

A 16 GB MacBook and a 16 GB Windows PC connected by an ordinary network cable can run a 35B model together. Neither machine fits it alone. Learn how AI Hive Mind works.

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Three paths, one app

Same app, whichever path you take. Download to get started.

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Users

1 Download the app

2 Send a message to the agents

3 Get results

Private Neurons

1 Download the app

2 Share your Neuron's intelligence

3 Power a private encrypted mesh for friends, family, or your team, staying private

Public Neurons

1 Download the app

2 Lease your Neuron's intelligence

3 Earn by leasing spare compute, while staying private

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

About

What is Local AGI?

Local AGI is a private AI agent app with a network for sharing compute. You run AI agents to analyze data, create images and video, automate tasks, and run research workflows, and you choose where the AI runs: on your own device, inside a private end-to-end encrypted mesh of devices you trust, or on an optional public network of devices (Neurons).

How is Local AGI different from cloud AI tools?

Most AI tools send your requests to one company’s cloud servers, which raises privacy, cost, usage-limit, and control concerns. Local AGI is local-first and gives you control over where AI runs: your own device, a trusted private network, or the public Local AGI network.

Who is Local AGI for?

Individuals, creators, analysts, founders, agencies, labs, teams, and privacy-conscious communities who want AI agents for research, content, data analysis, automation, image and video creation, and business workflows, with more control over where their work runs.

Can I use my own agents?

Yes. Alongside the built-in agents (Hermes, Browser, image, and video), external agents such as OpenClaw can use Local AGI as their backend across the same three tiers: local, private mesh, and public.

Privacy & the 3 levels

What are the 3 privacy levels?

Local AGI offers three levels of privacy so you can choose where AI runs. Level 1, Local AI, runs entirely on your own device. Level 2, Private Network, uses a private network of approved nodes that communicate with end-to-end encryption. Level 3, Public Network, uses the public Local AGI network for broader access and more available compute on general tasks.

When should I use Local AI, Private Network, or Public Network?

Use Local AI for maximum control, when work should stay on your own device. Use Private Network when approved devices need to share compute securely. Use Public Network when you want broader access and more available providers for general, non-sensitive tasks.

Is my work private by default?

Yes. Local AGI is local-first by default. Local AI models run on your device and agents work in a secure sandbox, so sensitive work can stay on your machine. You decide when to move beyond your device to a private network or the public network.

Is Private Network communication encrypted?

Yes. Communication between approved nodes in a Private Network is end-to-end encrypted.

Is the Private Network peer-to-peer? Is there a server?

We are upfront about this: the Private Network is not pure peer-to-peer. To connect your trusted devices across the internet, through NAT, traffic passes through a relay we run. It is end-to-end encrypted, so the relay routes your data without ever reading it, a blind pipe rather than a brain, and the AI runs on your trusted device, not on our servers.

What is hive mind? Can several devices run one model together?

Yes. If a model is too big for any one machine, several devices can each load a slice and run it together as a hive. A running hive joins a Private Network or the Public Network as a single Neuron. Hive mind is our newest capability, and the link between hive members matters: the faster the connection between them, the faster the hive.

Practical & trust

Is it fully reliable?

AI agents still need human verification, especially for live news, finance, and legal topics. Local AGI surfaces evidence, confidence levels, and source links so you can review claims before acting on them.

How do I get started?

Download the app, give an agent a task, and review the results. That’s it.