I started building BonzAI two years ago, as an attempt to fully replace my online AI stack with an offline, sovereign alternative.

Back in the days, I had the intuition that open weights model would stand the comparison with private AI labs, and that the commoditization of inference was the future.

When I was finally able to switch from ChatGPT/Claude to local LLMs, midjourney to Flux/SDXL/Z-image, Eleven Labs/Suno to Qwen-TTS/Ace-Step, and Sora to LTX, I implemented:

- The ability to create datasets and fine-tune LoRAs;

- An experimental 3D objects / Game generation engine;

- Support for OpenClaw / Hermes Agent;

- A way to tokenize AI artifacts into tradable collectibles and share BonzAI profits with our ecosystem participants;

- Arguably the most immersive AI roleplay experience on the market that combines locally-installed models into multi-modal chat experiences with "BonzAI Companions";

- A marketplace that applies the BonzAI Companions approach to domain-specific application (e.g. Mediation Forge, that generates on-demand meditation session using LLM, TTS, image generation and Ken Burns effects.

For now, BonzAI is a desktop application available for MacOS, with releases planned for Linux / Windows later this month.

I think Intelligence should be fully owned, not rented (à la Sam Altman).

Hope you like it.

It's a self-funded effort that might help move the needle a bit (these OpenClaw token bills are pretty awful, currently).

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