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His Start-Up's Goal: A.I. That Is Trainable and Not Controlled by a Big Company
A San Francisco startup is betting that people should own and use AI closer to home.
The New York TimesDaily Briefing
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Local Signal · Agentic Frontier
A San Francisco startup is betting that people should own and use AI closer to home.
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RedmondmagThe forecast frames agents as a product-design shift, not merely a model upgrade.
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