“We wanted to build an intelligence with trust as its bedrock. Making an offline AI that prioritizes people’s sense of privacy is a cornerstone of that plan”
— Gabriel Dean Roberts
Acorn Personal Intelligence is providing limitless access to private artificial intelligence directly to users in the most literal sense.
This week marks the launch of Acorn Personal Intelligence for macOS and Acorn Mobile for iOS, a suite of offline AI assistants designed for privacy-conscious individuals who refuse to trade their personal data for convenience. Unlike cloud based AI’s—which require internet connections and funnel every conversation through corporate servers—Acorn Personal Intelligence runs entirely on-device, ensuring that your thoughts, questions, and documents never leave your computer or phone.
“Somehow, we’ve normalized surveillance as the price of intelligence,” said Roberts, creator of the Acorn Personal intelligence suite. “But it doesn’t have to be this way. You shouldn’t need to ask permission from a server farm in Virginia to have a private conversation with an AI. Your thoughts belong to you.”
Privacy Without Compromise
Acorn Personal Intelligence represents a fundamentally different approach to AI: digital sovereignty. Every conversation happens locally using state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) optimized to run on Apple Silicon chips. No internet required. No data collection. No terms of service that change overnight.
For professionals handling sensitive information—lawyers, journalists, therapists, executives—this isn’t just a feature. It’s a necessity.
“I built Acorn Personal Intelligence for people who need to think without an audience,” Roberts explained. “Whether you’re drafting a legal brief, exploring personal questions, or analyzing confidential documents, Acorn keeps it between you and your device. Period.” The company’s ethos centers on the idea that you should use your own personal intelligence without a crowd of data scraping devs looking over your shoulder.
Meeting People Where They Are
Acorn Personal Intelligence now gives Apple users powerful, pro-privacy AI options:
Acorn Personal Intelligence (Mac, $9.99) offers a 2-billion parameter AI assistant optimized for everyday questions, document analysis, and thoughtful conversation. It’s fast, capable, and runs comfortably on any Mac with Apple Silicon.
Acorn Mobile (iOS, $9.99) brings the same intelligence to iPhone, allowing users to access private AI assistance anywhere—no cellular connection needed once the model is downloaded.
These products share Gabriel’s philosophy: provide adaptive depth. Simple questions get simple answers. Complex topics get thorough exploration. True intelligence reads the room.
The Hidden Cost of Cloud AI
Beyond privacy concerns, Roberts points to another rarely discussed issue: the environmental impact of cloud-based AI.
Cloud AI services consume massive amounts of electricity—with data centers running GPUs at maximum capacity 24/7 to serve millions of users. “Offline AI is radically more efficient,” Roberts noted. “Your Mac or iPhone is already powered. Why send your question 3,000 miles to a server farm, burn electricity processing it, then send the answer back? It’s like mailing your laundry to another state instead of using the washing machine in your house.”
By running AI locally, Acorn eliminates the energy overhead of data transmission, centralized computation, and redundant infrastructure. For environmentally conscious users, it’s a meaningful reduction in digital carbon footprint—without sacrificing capability.
A Personal Journey
Roberts taught himself AI development through late nights, relentless iteration, and a conviction that technology should empower individuals—not extract from them.
“I know what it’s like to live in lack at times” he admitted. “But I knew this mattered. People deserve AI that respects them. So I built it.”
Acorn Personal Intelligence Unveils Offline AI Suite: A Stand for Privacy and Digital Sovereignty
NEW YORK, NY — In a direct challenge to the cloud-based AI industry, Acorn Personal Intelligence has officially launched its new suite of assistants: Acorn Personal Intelligence for macOS and Acorn Mobile for iOS. These products offer users unrestricted, private access to artificial intelligence that operates entirely on their Apple devices, eliminating the need for an internet connection.
This launch introduces a fundamental shift away from the norm, championing “digital sovereignty” for the individual. Acorn ensures that personal conversations, questions, and documents are processed locally, never routed through corporate servers or data centers.
“Somehow, we’ve normalized surveillance as the price of intelligence,” states Gabriel Dean Roberts, the visionary behind the Acorn Personal Intelligence suite. “But that narrative must change. You shouldn’t have to seek permission from a server farm in a distant state just to have a private conversation with an AI. Your thoughts are your own, period.”
The on-device model represents a necessity for professionals—from lawyers and journalists to therapists and executives—who handle sensitive or confidential data. By utilizing state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) optimized for Apple Silicon, Acorn promises a zero-data-collection environment.
“I built Acorn Personal Intelligence for people who need to think without an audience,” Roberts further explains. “Whether you are drafting confidential legal documents, exploring complex personal issues, or analyzing privileged information, Acorn keeps the entire process secure between you and your device.”
Pro-Privacy Power for Apple Users
The newly available products offer powerful options for all Apple users:
Both assistants are guided by a core philosophy: adaptive depth. They are designed to provide simple answers to simple questions and offer thorough, in-depth exploration for complex topics, demonstrating a true, contextual understanding of the user’s needs.
Confronting the Cloud’s Environmental Footprint
In addition to privacy, Roberts draws attention to a critical, often-overlooked consequence of centralized AI: the environmental toll.
Cloud-based AI relies on data centers that operate GPUs around the clock, consuming vast amounts of electricity to serve a global user base. “Offline AI is radically more efficient,” Roberts notes, highlighting the local processing advantage. “Your Mac or iPhone is already powered. Why transmit your question thousands of miles to a server, burn power processing it, and then receive the answer back? It’s profoundly wasteful.”
By running AI locally, Acorn effectively removes the energy burden associated with data transmission, redundant infrastructure, and centralized computation, offering environmentally conscious users a meaningful way to reduce their digital carbon footprint without compromising capability.
Roberts’ journey to creating Acorn was marked by self-teaching and relentless dedication, born from a conviction that technology must empower, not extract. “I know what it’s like to live in lack at times,” he admits. “But I knew this was important. People deserve AI that respects them. So I built it.”
Gabriel Roberts
Acorn Personal Intelligence
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