







A research essay from Mirai Labs: why the layer that turns what I want into actions should run on my own Mac, call operations directly, and answer while the thought is still there.
Mirai for MacOS: A faster, simpler alternative to Ollama and LM Studio
Chat with your favorite AI models directly on your Mac. Privately and securely. Built natively for macOS and Apple Silicon.

Mirai Labs: Frontier On-Device AI Lab
Models, runtime & infrastructure to make on-device AI interactive, ambient & continuous.

Part 4: Brief history of Apple ML Stack
By Mirai Labs, frontier on-device AI lab. Building the models, inference runtime, and quantization stack from the device constraint up.

Mount Thor — AI Execution Environments on Apple Hardware
Managed macOS environments for AI workloads that require native desktop access, persistent state, or model inference on Apple silicon.

Personal Computer for Mac - Perplexity
Personal Computer for Mac. One keyboard shortcut opens an always-on AI that controls local files, native apps, and Comet browser. No uploads. No tab switching.

MacPaw Partners with Liquid AI to Bring On-Device AI to Millions of Mac Users — Blog
MacPaw partners with Liquid AI to bring private, fast, on-device AI to millions of Mac users, starting with the Eney assistant for macOS.

Use Apple Intelligence in Shortcuts on Mac
In Shortcuts on Mac, use a model to handle simple or complex requests in your shortcuts.
AppleScript-8B & AppleScript-16B: Small Models That Actually Drive Your Mac — Osaurus
Two open models that turn plain-English requests into working macOS automation — on-device, tool-calling, quantized for Apple Silicon.

AppleScript-8B & AppleScript-16B: Small Models That Actually Drive Your Mac — Osaurus
Two open models that turn plain-English requests into working macOS automation — on-device, tool-calling, quantized for Apple Silicon.

Responding to invocations | Apple Developer Documentation
Add code to respond to invocations and offer a focused launch experience.

Desktop, Touch, Browser, Now AI? The Next OS in Computing
Explore how AI is reshaping human-computer interaction, from command lines to modern SaaS. Key insights on the next computing paradigm for startups and tech leaders.
Our interfaces have lost their senses
We programmed them by punching cards, plugging in wires, and flipping switches. Programmers walked among banks of switches and cables, physically choreographing their logic. Being on a computer used to be a full-body experience.
Adversarial Interoperability: Reviving an Elegant Weapon From a More
Today, Apple is one of the largest, most profitable companies on Earth, but in the early 2000s, the company was fighting for its life. Microsoft's Windows operating system was ascendant, and

Osaurus — Own Your AI on Apple Silicon
Own your AI: local-first agents with memory, tools, and identity on Apple Silicon. Offline, open source, and API-compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama.

Osaurus — Own Your AI on Apple Silicon
Own your AI: local-first agents with memory, tools, and identity on Apple Silicon. Offline, open source, and API-compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama.

The Interfaces With Which We Think
The concepts in modern operating systems — apps, windows, desktops, notifications, and so on — have so permeated our understanding of personal computing, it’s hard to imagine anything else, let alone believe there could be anything better.