Your personal AI. On your computer.
Own your intelligence. Before it owns you.
Edgar is an AI assistant you install on your computer. Ask questions, brainstorm ideas, draft text, summarize information, and explore news with sources. Buy the software once; keep using it without a required software subscription.
For individuals and small businesses. Paid preorder: delivery date and supported computers are not yet confirmed. Prefer to wait? Get free launch updates.
Talk it through.
“Help me write a clearer reply.” “Explain this in plain English.” “Summarize these notes.” Chat and writing help are included in Base.
Follow your world.
Explore news with sources and follow-up questions. Live news requires internet access.
Show me where it came from.
Your briefing, with source links. Your interests lead the conversation.
Keep control.
Supported local tasks run on your computer, including offline after setup. Live news and connected services need internet. You choose the connections you enable.
Product previewIllustrative tasks for the intended release—not a live demo or recorded product session.
Edgar vs ChatGPT / Claude
Your ideas, knowledge, and business experience are assets.
Choose an AI relationship that helps you keep building them.
| What matters | Edgar — ownership and control | ChatGPT / Claude — hosted access |
|---|---|---|
| What are you buying? | A perpetual software license for your computer. | Access to a provider-operated AI service. |
| Does more use mean a bigger bill? | No tokens, no meter. There are no tokens to buy and nothing is metered. Edgar runs on your computer; use it as much as you like without an Edgar usage bill. | Chat plans have usage allowances. Separately billed API usage can increase costs as consumption grows. |
| Do you keep paying? | No required software subscription. Buy Base once; choose additional skills and support separately. | Paid-plan benefits require continued payment. Free plans have their own limits. |
| Where does your private work go? | Supported local tasks process information on your computer. You choose optional online connections. | Information submitted to hosted AI is processed through the provider’s service under its policies and settings. |
| What happens when the internet drops? | Supported local tasks keep working after setup. | Hosted AI conversations require an internet connection. |
Edgar is in preorder; delivery timing and supported computers are not yet confirmed. Local performance depends on hardware and model. Hardware, electricity, and optional connected services may carry costs. Live news requires internet. Comparison updated November 7, 2026. Full comparison and provider information →
First 500 paid pre-orders
Buy it once. Keep it yours.
- Your purchased software license does not expire. No mandatory software subscription.
- Bug fixes and vulnerability patches are always free, with automatic updates over the internet. Optional paid support is available separately.
- One license per computer running Edgar. Access that licensed host remotely from your mobile device without buying another installation license.
A limited introductory offer. The $99 offer is for the first 500 paid preorders. Pricing after this offer has not been announced.
Pay now for delivery later. No delivery date or immediate installer download. Free email signups do not reserve the introductory price.
Edgar Base
USD, plus any tax shown by Stripe. Introductory price for the first 500 paid preorders. Delivery date not announced.
Keep control
Where does your work go?
Supported local tasks run on your computer, including offline after setup. Live news and connected services need internet. You choose the connections you enable. Try it.
Needs internet
Your computer
Edgar runs here. Chat, brainstorming, drafting and summaries are supported local tasks.
Optional · you decide
An illustration of the design, not a settings screen. Remote access is working in our macOS development setup; add-ons are not yet available to purchase.
“We do not want to own your data. We want to help you own your AI.”
TEDxDetroit 2026 · November 4
Timothy E. Bates spoke at the Marygrove Conservancy Theatre this week. The talk appears here the moment TEDxDetroit releases it.
2026 speaker lineup ↗Timothy E. Bates
- Role
- Founder, CEO & CTO, Pyrinas.co
- Teaches
- Professor of Practice, College of Innovation & Technology, University of Michigan-Flint
- Before
- Chief Technology Officer for Lenovo’s global accounts; two decades at General Motors
- Detroit
- Born here. Marine Corps veteran. Known as “The Godfather of Tech.”
- Stage
- TEDxDetroit 2026, the event’s 18th year
- Open source
- Agentopia Detroit: a simulated city of AI citizens running on small local models
- The default. Every request leaves your computer for the largest model. Your machine sits idle.
- Reuse. 2013 Mac Pro · 6 cores / 12 threads · 60 GB memory · 2 × 3 GB graphics · no modern AI acceleration.
- Benchmark. 1.2B clears 3 of 10 tasks · 7.6B clears 6 of 10 · 8.3B clears 10 of 10 · 20B+ adds none.
- Specialize. 8.3B Liquid model · 4.70 GiB file · ~7.88 GiB working memory · about 13% of this machine · runs on the CPU alone · nothing metered.
- Escalate. Scenario: 90% of routine tasks stay local · 0.1086 Wh per routed task vs 0.34 Wh centralized reference.
Reuse. Benchmark. Specialize. Escalate.
The right model, for the computer you own.
Bigger is not the starting point. Pyrinas.co sizes the AI to the work and to the hardware. Our proof is a 2013 Mac Pro most people would have recycled: it runs Professor Bates’ Agentopia Detroit and TAi Local Studio, the local-first toolset that Edgar’s add-ons draw from.
We do not measure Edgar in tokens per second, and we do not sell tokens. As Professor Bates puts it, “Stop measuring intelligence by how fast a machine talks.” Measure it by what gets done on the computer you own.
Benchmark figures from the Bates Enterprise AI Efficiency Benchmark; lab figures measured on our own hardware. They are not Edgar performance guarantees. Edgar’s supported computers and minimum requirements are still being validated; local performance depends on hardware and model.
Add what you need.
Optional add-ons. Edgar Base required. One-time prices per licensed computer.
Email assistance within your Edgar workspace.
View details ↗ Productivity Suite$79Documents, slides and spreadsheets. No Microsoft applications required.
View details ↗ Homeschool$99Learning support for your family on compatible hardware.
View details ↗Add-ons are not available to purchase or download yet. Prices are listed for planning; they are not included in the $99 Base preorder. View all add-ons and prices ↗ · Need a custom skill or model? ↗ · Edgar Shadow, the personal AI firewall concept →
Easy to start. Yours to grow.
Own your intelligence. Before it owns you.
At release, you will download Edgar, open the installer, and approve setup. Guided installation is planned to handle the technical steps.
Computer requirements are still being validated; ask us before preordering if compatibility matters to your decision.
Launch updates
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