Sigil Wen, backed by Silicon Valley's elite, has built an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable for everyday tasks.
Personal AI agents promise to shop, book flights, and make reservations for you. But deliberate blocks and anti-bot defenses are getting in the way, leaving consumers caught in the middle. A new standard aims to help.
Mirror Particle will launch at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200 with a world model built from scratch to predict human behavior, arguing that LLM role-play falls short for market research and brand strategy.
"We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone."