maiOS

Name

maiOS

Legal name

maiOS Inc.

Website

https://maios.ai

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Portable AI Hardware Devices

NAICS

Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Computer Peripheral Equipment, Nec (3577)

akta.pro primary industry

Edge AI Model Optimization & Compression (quantization, pruning, distillation) (HDAAAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Confidential AI & Privacy-Preserving ML (federated learning, MPC, HE, TEEs) (HDAAAKAI), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• Portable AI devices
• Offline AI assistant
• Local AI inference
• Edge AI hardware
• Privacy-first AI

Headquarters

HQ city

Richardson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Device Sales (mait): One-time purchase of the mait portable USB AI device. Alpha launch Gen 1 includes 500 GB storage. No subscription or recurring fees required - buy once, own forever. Pricing determined via silent group auction for early access units.
2. AI App Store Marketplace: Future revenue stream from curated AI applications and extensions sold through the maiOS AI App Store marketplace. Developers and partners can build and distribute purpose-built tools and services.
3. Platform and SDK Licensing: Tools for partners and developers to extend mait-class systems, with licensing and integration models for OEM deployments. Revenue from SDK access, developer tools, and enterprise licensing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

maiOS designs and sells the mait, a portable pocket-sized USB AI device that runs a full AI assistant locally on a host computer using the proprietary BitNet b1.58 2B4T ternary architecture (2 billion parameters trained on 4 trillion tokens). All inference, memory, and storage occur on-device with zero data transmission to external servers, requiring only a standard CPU and no internet connection, subscription, or token fees. The Gen 1 Alpha unit ships with 500 GB of encrypted local storage and a personalizable AI that ingests the user's files, calendar, and interactions.

Product overview

maiOS offers a single unified flagship product: mait (lowercase), a portable USB AI device that runs entirely offline on the user's local machine. The product ecosystem includes the core mait hardware device, a developer SDK and extensions for customization, and an upcoming AI App Store marketplace for curated extensions. The core device serves as a personal AI assistant, knowledge manager, and productivity tool—all processing occurs locally with no cloud dependency or subscription fees. The company also provides a platform layer for partners and developers to build on the mait architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• mait: The flagship portable USB AI device - a pocket-sized AI assistant that runs entirely locally on the user's computer without cloud connectivity or subscriptions.

Products and services

• mait A portable pocket-sized USB device (dual USB Type-A/Type-C) that runs a full AI assistant locally on the host computer (Windows, iOS, Linux) using the proprietary BitNet b1.58 2B4T ternary architecture (2 billion parameters trained on 4 trillion tokens). Operates fully offline with no internet required, performs all inference on standard CPUs without GPUs, ships with 500 GB of encrypted local storage, personalizes from user files and interactions, and delivers sub-50ms response latency with zero data transmission to external servers.
• maiOS Platform and SDK Tools for partners and developers to extend mait-class systems and align with maiOS licensing and integration models. Enables building custom integrations, developing applications on top of the mait platform, and embedding maiOS technology in specialized industry configurations via OEM deployments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sub-50ms response latency compared to 100-500ms+ for cloud AI services
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Development Partners (Generic)coreOthers · 13 April 2026maiOS is actively recruiting development partners for building marketplace AI applications and extending the mait ecosystem. The company offers SDK tools and licensing models for partners to develop custom integrations and applications on the mait platform.
• OEM Partners (Generic)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 13 April 2026maiOS is seeking OEM partners for specialized configurations and deployments across different industries. The company's deployment model supports quantized AI models packaged for offline operation, enabling partners to create industry-specific solutions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Broad incumbents

• Anthropic: Anthropic (Claude) competes in the same enterprise assistant category maiOS targets with its compliance-focused positioning. While cloud-based, Anthropic's enterprise traction and privacy posture define the bar maiOS must clear on regulated workflows.
• Qualcomm: Qualcomm's Snapdragon and AI Hub stack enables on-device AI across hundreds of millions of Android devices. It overlaps with maiOS at the edge-AI infrastructure layer and competes for the same OEM-and-developer mindshare maiOS is courting.
• Apple (Apple Intelligence): Apple Intelligence embeds on-device generative AI directly into iOS/macOS across Apple's installed base. It competes with maiOS for the 'local AI on my computer' use case but as a free OS feature rather than a separate hardware purchase.
• NVIDIA (Jetson): NVIDIA's Jetson platform targets edge AI and robotics with compact, GPU-accelerated modules. While Jetson is more developer/hardware-platform oriented than maiOS's consumer USB form factor, both play in 'AI at the edge without the cloud' and compete for the same OEM/partnership pipeline.
• OpenAI: OpenAI (ChatGPT) sets the default user expectation for conversational AI capability, even though it is cloud-based. As the benchmark maiOS's 2B-parameter on-device model is implicitly measured against, OpenAI is the most consequential aspirational/competitive reference point.
• Google (Gemini Nano / Pixel): Google ships on-device Gemini Nano on Pixel devices and Android, targeting privacy-preserving local AI on commodity mobile silicon. It is the broadest competitive threat to maiOS's 'private local assistant' pitch from inside the Android ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Humane (AI Pin): Humane shipped a wearable AI-first hardware device with its own on-device and cloud hybrid assistant. Although the AI Pin was discontinued, it remains the most direct historical comp for a standalone AI hardware product competing with general-purpose phones.
• Rabbit (r1): Rabbit's r1 is a dedicated portable AI hardware device aimed at consumers, with a similar form-factor-plus-LLM thesis. Both companies are pursuing hardware-led AI assistants rather than mobile-app experiences, making r1 the closest direct comparable to mait.

Emerging players

• Limitless: Limitless offers a personal AI memory pendant plus cloud-based meeting/transcription assistant, targeting prosumer knowledge workers. It is comparable to maiOS's personal-knowledge-manager and privacy-conscious-professional positioning, with partial overlap in target persona.
• Plaud: Plaud sells a portable AI recorder/note-taker with an associated AI assistant and subscription service. It overlaps with maiOS on portable-AI-device distribution to professionals and on the 'AI-as-accessory' value proposition, though it is narrower (meeting/note focus).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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