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Ultra-lightweight, self-hosted open-source AI assistant in Go that runs on sub-$10 hardware like Raspberry Pi with under 10MB RAM.
A Japanese AI firm that grew from shogi-AI research into industry ML solutions and a generative-AI platform, HEROZ ASK.
Kimi is Moonshot AI's conversational assistant known for long-context chat, coding help, and agentic tasks.
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek offering free chat apps and low-cost API access to its frontier V-series and R-series reasoning models.
Chinese AGI company building multimodal LLMs, Hailuo video, speech and music models, plus AI apps and open APIs.
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- ✦Single self-contained binary requiring under 10MB RAM
- ✦Sub-1-second startup even on low-power processors
- ✦Support for 16+ chat channels including Telegram, Discord, Slack, WeCom
- ✦Compatibility with multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, etc.)
- ✦Runs on Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, ARM64, x86_64, Android, and Docker
- ✦Self-hosted design keeping data and configuration local
- ✦Gateway/API mode for connecting to chat platforms via MCP protocol
- ✦Deep-learning and machine-learning core technology
- ✦HEROZ ASK generative-AI platform
- ✦BtoB and BtoC AI solutions
- ✦BLOOMWORKS product
- ✦Industry AI deployment case studies
- ✦Conversational AI assistant
- ✦Long-context document understanding
- ✦Coding assistance
- ✦Agent and plugin capabilities
- ✦Web and mobile app access
- ✦Free DeepSeek chat (web and app)
- ✦Open API platform
- ✦V-series and R-series reasoning models
- ✦DeepSeek-V4 with long context and stronger agent ability
- ✦OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API
- ✦Extensive published model lineup
- ✦MiniMax M-series LLMs (M3, 1M context, MSA)
- ✦Hailuo AI video generation
- ✦Speech and music generation models
- ✦MiniMax Code agentic coding tool
- ✦Consumer apps (Hailuo, Xingye)
- ✦Open API and Token Plan for developers
- →Running a private AI assistant on minimal or embedded hardware
- →Local code assistance that keeps proprietary code off the cloud
- →Home automation and personal task scheduling via chat bots
- →Privacy-conscious users wanting self-hosted AI on low-cost devices
- →Deploying generative AI in enterprises
- →Applying ML to industry-specific problems
- →AI-driven business transformation (DX)
- →Answering questions and research
- →Summarizing long documents
- →Writing and editing help
- →Coding support
- →Free AI chat and assistance
- →Building apps via API
- →Reasoning and coding tasks
- →Low-cost LLM inference
- →Coding and agentic tasks
- →AI video generation
- →Text-to-speech and music creation
- →Building on MiniMax model APIs