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    Underdog introduces an on-device AI assistant and announces its backers

    Underdog says its Mac assistant stores personal data on-device, with iOS, Windows and Android versions planned.

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    Underdog announced backing from a16z, Khosla Ventures, Hummingbird VC and Anthology. It says its personal AI runs on Macs and keeps user data on-device rather than on company servers, with versions planned for iOS, Windows, Linux and Android. The company also claims its Underdog 27B model beats Claude Opus 4.6 Max on most benchmarks and can run on a MacBook or iPhone.

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    25 Sources

    @0xSigilIntroducing Underdog, your Private Personal AI on devices you already own Today we're announcing our backing from @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC Anthology (@AnthropicAI @MenloVentures) @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK and other top AI leaders Our mission is to provide free, capable, reliable and private AI to billions of people. Underdog’s Law: today’s frontier intelligence reaches your devices in six months. We’re starting with fast, capable AI that runs on consumer hardware. By co-designing models and inference engines, we’re pushing the frontier of capability, speed, power and data efficiency. Our research also spans agentic commerce, confidential inference, and how AI will reshape the internet economy. Privacy and capability no longer needs to be a tradeoff. If you believe in this future, join us. Time to build.3h
    @JoshConstine@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogdotai @ConwayResearch I think they call this captable mogging3h
    @shellvishUnderdog is the best consumer AI experience I've had since ChatGPT3h
    @mariogabrielealways keep your eye on an underdog... :)3h
    @Thom_Wolfseems obvious that most personal AI should run on your device love what Sigil is building with Underdog - powered by the Hugging Face hub2h
    @rauchg@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogdotai @ConwayResearch Happy underdog user. Every human and every company must own their intelligence stack2h
    @_julianschiavoI've been trying out Underdog for the last few days! What exists today is already really impressive and I have a lot of conviction in Sigil and his vision. If anyone's going to bring local models to the masses, it'll be Underdog!2h
    @swyx@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogdotai @ConwayResearch congrats! happy to be an early user, very impressed by what you have done here2h
    @beffjezos@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogdotai @ConwayResearch Awesome! Lfg2h
    @tbpnBREAKING: @0xSigil launches Underdog, a private personal AI assistant, with backing from a16z, Khosla Ventures, and Hummingbird2h

    25 Sources

    @0xSigilIntroducing Underdog, your Private Personal AI on devices you already own Today we're announcing our backing from @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC Anthology (@AnthropicAI @MenloVentures) @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK and other top AI leaders Our mission is to provide free, capable, reliable and private AI to billions of people. Underdog’s Law: today’s frontier intelligence reaches your devices in six months. We’re starting with fast, capable AI that runs on consumer hardware. By co-designing models and inference engines, we’re pushing the frontier of capability, speed, power and data efficiency. Our research also spans agentic commerce, confidential inference, and how AI will reshape the internet economy. Privacy and capability no longer needs to be a tradeoff. If you believe in this future, join us. Time to build.3h
    @JoshConstine@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogdotai @ConwayResearch I think they call this captable mogging3h
    @shellvishUnderdog is the best consumer AI experience I've had since ChatGPT3h
    @mariogabrielealways keep your eye on an underdog... :)3h
    @Thom_Wolfseems obvious that most personal AI should run on your device love what Sigil is building with Underdog - powered by the Hugging Face hub2h
    @rauchg@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogdotai @ConwayResearch Happy underdog user. Every human and every company must own their intelligence stack2h
    @_julianschiavoI've been trying out Underdog for the last few days! What exists today is already really impressive and I have a lot of conviction in Sigil and his vision. If anyone's going to bring local models to the masses, it'll be Underdog!2h
    @swyx@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogdotai @ConwayResearch congrats! happy to be an early user, very impressed by what you have done here2h
    @beffjezos@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogdotai @ConwayResearch Awesome! Lfg2h
    @tbpnBREAKING: @0xSigil launches Underdog, a private personal AI assistant, with backing from a16z, Khosla Ventures, and Hummingbird2h