Really excited to finally start experimenting with local models in Strawberry!
๐จ Founders: free, private, 100% local AI is finally here
I downloaded Qwen 3.6 and ran it on my MacBook inside Strawberry browser.
I couldn't believe it.
We now have 100% free and private AI that is on par with the best models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. (see video!)
The CTO of Hugging Face called this "the second revolution of AI." He's right.
If you are a building an AI product, you HAVE to start thinking about how you can leverage open source models in your product.
It's only a matter of time until local models are mainstream and can run on most people's devices.
LLMs are commoditizing.
The human brain only requires a AAA battery's worth of energy to run. If biology figured out efficient intelligence, software can too.
Maybe we won't need artificial super intelligence and thousands of data centres to do most economically valuable work. Maybe there's a future where AI agents just run on your laptop, fine-tuned to you, fully owned by you, costing only what your energy bill costs.
In this future, it's all about building the most delightful, intuitive experience. We've been building for exactly this moment.
Stay tuned.