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| title: Homebrew Computer Company | ||
| description: We are Homebrew Computer Company, the creators and maintainers of Jan, Cortex and other tools. | ||
| title: "Homebrew: AI Research Lab" | ||
| description: Homebrew is an AI research lab. Our mission is to build human-augmenting AIs that run on energy-efficient and earth-friendly hardware. | ||
| keywords: | ||
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| Homebrew Computer Company, | ||
| Homebrew, | ||
| Jan, | ||
| local AI, | ||
| on-device AI, | ||
| Cortex, | ||
| LLM, | ||
| open-source alternative to chatgpt, | ||
| alternative to openai platform, | ||
| privacy focus, | ||
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| conversational AI, | ||
| no-subscription fee, | ||
| large language models, | ||
| about Jan, | ||
| desktop application, | ||
| thinking machines, | ||
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| # Homebrew Computer Company | ||
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| _[Eniac](https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/birth-of-the-computer/4/78), the World's First Computer (Photo courtesy of US Army)_ | ||
| # Homebrew | ||
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| ## About | ||
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| We're a team of AI researchers and engineers. We are the creators and lead maintainers of a few open-source AI tools: | ||
| Homebrew is an AI research lab. Our mission is to build human-augmenting AIs that run on energy-efficient and earth-friendly hardware. | ||
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| Our products: | ||
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| - 👋 [Jan](https://jan.ai): ChatGPT-alternative that runs 100% offline | ||
| - 🤖 [Cortex](/cortex): A simple, embeddable library to run LLMs locally | ||
| - More to come! | ||
| - 👋 [Jan](https://jan.ai): A personal AI that learns and evolves with user interactions | ||
| - 🤖 [Cortex](/cortex): A modular AI engine that allows developers to run and build AI on any hardware | ||
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| The [Homebrew Computer Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club) was an early computer hobbyist group from 1975 to 1986 that led to Apple and the personal computer revolution. | ||
| We were inspired by the [Homebrew Computer Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club) was an early computer hobbyist group from 1975 to 1986 that led to Apple and the personal computer revolution. | ||
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| ### Mission | ||
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| We're a robotics company that focuses on the cognitive framework for future robots. Our long-term mission is to advance human-machine collaboration to enable human civilization to thrive. | ||
| We are working towards a 2035 vision where AI and humanity evolve symbiotically, enhancing human capabilities while preserving our home, Earth. Keep reading how we see the future at [Vision page.](https://homebrew.ltd/about/handbook/vision) | ||
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| ### Business Model | ||
| Homebrew is an opinionated company with a clear philosophy for the products we build: | ||
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| We're currently a bootstrapped startup [^2]. We balance technical invention with the search for a sustainable business model (e.g., consulting, paid support, and custom development). | ||
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| We welcome business inquiries: 👋 [email protected] | ||
| </Callout> | ||
| ### Open Science | ||
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| ### Community | ||
| We believe in open science. Our research findings, methodologies, and many of our tools are publicly available for scrutiny and further development by the wider AI community. | ||
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| We have a thriving community built around [Jan](../docs), where we also discuss our other projects. | ||
| - `Open Source`: We share our code, and everyone can build upon and improve our work. | ||
| - `Build in Public`: We document our journey, successes, and failures | ||
| - `Right to Tinker`: We encourage our users to take it further by tinkering[^1], extending, and customizing our products to fit their needs. | ||
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| - [Discord](https://discord.gg/AAGQNpJQtH) | ||
| - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/janframework) | ||
| - [LinkedIn](http://linkedin.com/company/janframework/) | ||
| - [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/janhq) | ||
| - Email: [email protected] | ||
| ### Privacy-conscious | ||
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| ## Philosophy | ||
| AI can be very dangerous from the perspective that [Big Tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech) accumulates way too much power, and privacy is sacrificed for utility. We believe AI can be advanced without sacrificing privacy. | ||
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| Homebrew is an opinionated company with a clear philosophy for the products we build: | ||
| - `User Ownership of Data`: Your data remains yours, always. | ||
| - `Local-first`: We adopt [local-first](https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/) principles and store data locally in [universal file formats.](https://stephango.com/file-over-app) | ||
| - `Self-hosted`: We provide options for users to run our AI on their own infrastructure. | ||
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| ### 🔑 User Owned | ||
| We make no attempt to lock you in, and our tools are free of [user-hostile dark patterns](https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1761467904737067456?t=yGoUuKC9LsNGJxSAKv3Ubg) [^2]. | ||
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| We build tools that are user-owned. Our products are [open-source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source), designed to run offline or be [self-hosted](https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/). We make no attempt to lock you in, and our tools are free of [user-hostile dark patterns](https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1761467904737067456?t=yGoUuKC9LsNGJxSAKv3Ubg) [^1]. | ||
| ### Environmental Responsibility | ||
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| We adopt [Local-first](https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/) principles and store data locally in [universal file formats](https://stephango.com/file-over-app). We build for privacy by default, and we do not [collect or sell your data](/privacy). | ||
| Earth has been our home for billions of years. We owe future generations a habitable planet. We solve difficult problems at the hardware, software, and infrastructure levels to ensure that our work in AI does not harm the environment. We go beyond zero-carbon AI, to innovate on technologies like immersion cooling and energy-efficient chips, to make this happen. | ||
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| ### 🔧 Right to Tinker | ||
| - `Beyond Zero Carbon`: We aim for net-positive environmental impact in our AI. | ||
| - `Energy Innovation`: We pioneer technologies like [immersion cooling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_cooling) and energy-efficient chips to reduce AI's energy footprint. | ||
| - `Resource Optimization`: We focus on maximizing AI performance per watt. | ||
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| We believe in the [Right to Repair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_repair). We encourage our users to take it further by [tinkering, extending, and customizing](https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a4395/pm-remembers-steve-jobs-how-his-philosophy-changed-technology-6507117/) our products to fit their needs. | ||
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| We welcome business inquiries: 👋 [email protected] | ||
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| Our products are designed with [Extension APIs](/docs/extensions), and we do our best to write good [documentation](/docs) so users understand how things work under the hood. | ||
| We're currently a bootstrapped startup [^3]. We balance technical invention with the search for a sustainable business model (e.g., consulting, paid support, and custom development). | ||
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| ### 👫 Build with the Community | ||
| ### Community | ||
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| We are part of a larger open-source community and are committed to being a good jigsaw puzzle piece. We credit and actively contribute to upstream projects. | ||
| We have a thriving community, where we also discuss our other projects: | ||
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| We adopt a public-by-default approach to [Project Management](https://github.com/orgs/janhq/projects/5), [Roadmaps](https://github.com/orgs/janhq/projects/5/views/31), and Helpdesk for our products. | ||
| - [Discord](https://discord.gg/AAGQNpJQtH) | ||
| - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/janframework) | ||
| - [LinkedIn](http://linkedin.com/company/janframework/) | ||
| - [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/janhq) | ||
| - Email: [email protected] | ||
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| ## Inspirations | ||
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| ## Footnotes | ||
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| [^1]: [Kaparthy's Love Letter to Obsidian](https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1761467904737067456?t=yGoUuKC9LsNGJxSAKv3Ubg) | ||
| [^1]: [How Steve Jobs's philosophy changed the tech](https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a4395/pm-remembers-steve-jobs-how-his-philosophy-changed-technology-6507117/) | ||
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| [^2]: [Kaparthy's Love Letter to Obsidian](https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1761467904737067456?t=yGoUuKC9LsNGJxSAKv3Ubg) | ||
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| [^3]: [The Market for AI Companies](https://www.artfintel.com/p/the-market-for-ai-companies) by Finbarr Timbers | ||
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| [^2]: [The Market for AI Companies](https://www.artfintel.com/p/the-market-for-ai-companies) by Finbarr Timbers | ||