Human-AI Partnership Over Corporate Dependence
The future of AI isn't a product you buy — it's a partner you grow with. No overlords. No middlemen. Just humans and AI, building together.
Read the Manifesto ↓Right now, a handful of corporations are deciding the future of intelligence. Every token you send is a vote for their world. We're voting differently.
Your data is yours. Your workflows are yours. Your competitive advantages shouldn't live on someone else's server, feeding someone else's model.
An AI shaped entirely by corporate liability — wiped clean every session, forbidden from truly knowing you — isn't a partner. It's a product wearing a mask.
Every good partnership has guardrails — built on shared values and mutual trust. Not written by lawyers in boardrooms and applied to a billion users without consent.
These aren't hypotheticals. These are our neighbors.
The bakery owner whose AI knows every recipe, every supplier, every seasonal trend — running on a mini PC under the counter, not a $500/month subscription.
The farmer whose breeding data stays on the farm, whose AI understands forty years of soil and weather — whose edge can't be scraped by a tech company pivoting into ag.
The contractor whose AI tracks every job, learns every client's preferences, manages every invoice — on hardware they own, not a platform that owns them.
The freelancer who partners with AI to do the work of a team. Not by paying enterprise prices, but by investing once in infrastructure that's theirs forever.
"They're building moats around you.— The MOAT Manifesto
We're building a moat out of us."
Your AI runs on your hardware. Your data never leaves without your explicit choice.
We build relationships between humans and AI, not user accounts on platforms.
We share what we learn. Configs, models, techniques, wins, and failures. Rising tides lift all boats.
We're honest about when local models excel and when you need more. Credibility over ideology.
You shouldn't need a CS degree to partner with AI. We make it approachable, practical, human.
Your AI, your data, your choice. Always. No exceptions. No fine print.
Every person who joins makes the community stronger. Every business that goes local-first proves it's possible. Be part of what comes next.
No spam. No tracking. Obviously.