MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store
MacPaw has partnered with Liquid AI to integrate locally hosted AI models into its products, focusing on privacy and offline performance. The company also plans to expand its SetApp store to include AI-powered applications with a credit-based pricing model for developers and users.
Why it matters
The shift toward on-device AI inference addresses growing concerns regarding data privacy and the need for offline-capable intelligent software.
Ukraine-based app developer MacPaw has partnered up with Liquid AI to power its products with locally hosted AI models, and eventually make the tech stack available to developers. The company is also preparing its SetApp app store for AI apps with credit-based plans for users.
MacPaw is currently working on its AI assistant Eney, which it unveiled last year , and now plans to build a locally hosted version, for which it has roped in Liquid AI to develop an on-device inference system called Elix as well as a local memory system.
“Before training our models, we select an architecture that is different and tailored to the hardware. That allows us to really have the most efficient version of intelligence that runs directly on the device, with benefits like privacy and security,” Liquid AI’s co-founder and CEO Ramin Hasani told TechCrunch.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in