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Covering VAND.
The pitch in one sentence: every AI you use works for a company — VAND is the first one that works only for you, because it lives only on your machine. Below is everything you need; for anything else, email the founder directly and you'll get a personal reply within a day.
WhatVAND — the first personal AI. A local-first macOS desktop app.
TaglineYour AI doesn't have a parent company.
FounderQuentin Vandorme (solo — no team, no investors, no parent company)
PriceFree 14-day trial, then bought once: Intelligence €79 lifetime, Max (founder tier, identical app) €149 lifetime. License keys verified offline — no accounts, never a subscription.
PlatformWindows (x64) + macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel). iOS planned next.
PrivacyAll data in one AES-256-GCM-encrypted file on the user's Mac. No server, no account, no telemetry.
AILocal LLM via Ollama on 127.0.0.1. Chat with persistent local memory, morning brief, pattern detection, what-if simulator, agentic actions into Reminders / Notes / Calendar / Mail.
Websitehttps://vand.space
Downloadshttps://github.com/quentinthegoat/vand-releases/releases
Brand assets: logo, wordmark and colors at /brand.
Founder bio: /about (50-word and long versions).
Security model: receipts, not promises, at /security.