A private home for your personal AGI.
Brainoid IO organises what you know, and automates your work with it. No technical skills needed! For founders, scientists, consultants and anyone whose work runs on what they know.
Limited alpha 0.0.1 · Apple silicon, macOS 26 or later
- Layer 1
Library of Knowledge
- Text documents
- Recordings
- Past AI interactions
Any useful record; can handle tens of thousands of documents.
- Layer 2
Knowledge Curator and Librarian
- Auto-Memory
Curates and connects your knowledge, and retrieves only relevant context for you and your agents. Stays local and private.
- Layer 3
Your Choice of Model
- Free local models
- Zero-retention open models
- Frontier models
Under your full control: local, open or frontier. No lock-in.
- Layer 4
Reactive AI
- Chat
- Code· Optional
Explain the context to your assistant once, not every time. Auto-Memory (knowledge curator and retriever) has access to tens of thousands of documents.
- Layer 5
Autonomous AI
- AI Employees
Fully featured harness for autonomous agents (similar to OpenClaw), to create always-on agentic workflows.
Brainoid IO brings all five layers together.
Unlocking three levels of autonomous work.
Automate your work with Brainoid IO. Each level frees more of your time, built on what you already know.
Basic
Offload the routine.
Forms, paperwork, deadlines and calendar updates.
Intermediate
Teach your way of working.
Grant drafts and recurring workflows that follow your methods.
Advanced
Extend what you can achieve with self-improvement.
Adapts through a loop of doing, evaluating, reflecting, and correcting workflows.
How it works
A studio to create your autonomous AI agents.
Bring it together. Let Auto-Memory curate it. Teach your AI Employees to put it to work.
Brainoid IO on your computer connects three offerings. These work together, rather than being numbered steps.
One unified knowledge library, private, connected
- Notes
- Meeting Recordings
- AI Chat history
- AI Coding history
A librarian that gives you what is relevant
Auto-Memory connects knowledge from your work and enriches it automatically. The network includes notes, images, code, conversations, audio and contacts.
Teach Autonomous AI Employees to work for you
Your AI Employee works in its own isolated virtual computer. Example applications:
- Email Assistant
- 24/7 IT Monitoring
- Customer Service
- Co-Scientist
Private by default. Under your control.
An asset you own and evolve.
Five layers, one app.
Compare each layer with the tools people use for it today.
- Yes
- In part
- No
Layer 1: Library of Knowledge
Notion and Obsidian hold your notes. Brainoid IO holds your notes, meeting recordings and AI chats together, as plain files on your Mac.
| What you get | Brainoid IO | Notion | Obsidian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linked notes with backlinks | |||
| Linked notes with backlinks | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meetings recorded and transcribed on your Mac | |||
| Meetings recorded and transcribed on your Mac | Yes | No: In Notion's cloud | In part: With plugins |
| Your AI chats kept with your notes | |||
| Your AI chats kept with your notes | Yes | In part: Notion AI's only | In part: With plugins |
| All of it becomes memory for your AI | |||
| All of it becomes memory for your AI | Yes | In part: AI search, Business plan | In part: With plugins |
| Plain files you own, on your Mac | |||
| Plain files you own, on your Mac | Yes | No: In Notion's cloud | Yes |
Layer 2: Knowledge Curator and Librarian
ChatGPT, Claude Code and Muse each keep a memory of their own. Brainoid IO keeps one memory on your Mac, for every model you choose.
| What you get | Brainoid IO | ChatGPT | Claude Code | Muse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remembers without being asked | ||||
| Remembers without being asked | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| One memory for all your AI | ||||
| One memory for all your AI | Yes: Chat and AI Employees | No: ChatGPT only | No: Per project | No: Muse only |
| Every memory names its source | ||||
| Every memory names its source | Yes | In part: Some replies | No | No |
| On your Mac, and works offline | ||||
| On your Mac, and works offline | Yes | No: In ChatGPT's cloud | In part: Notes only | No: In Meta's cloud |
| Never used to train AI | ||||
| Never used to train AI | Yes | No: By default (Even with training switched off, chats you rate can still be used to train their models, and their privacy policies let them use de-identified usage data to improve their services, training included.) | No: If you allow (Even with training switched off, chats you rate can still be used to train their models, and their privacy policies let them use de-identified usage data to improve their services, training included.) | No: By default |
Layer 3: Your Choice of Model
ChatGPT and Claude Code each tie you to one lab's models. Brainoid IO lets you pick the model for each job, free and local included, and your memory comes along.
| What you get | Brainoid IO | ChatGPT | Claude Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier models | |||
| Frontier models | Yes: Claude, GPT and Gemini | Yes: GPT only | Yes: Claude only |
| Mix labs, per chat or AI Employee | |||
| Mix labs, per chat or AI Employee | Yes | No | No |
| Zero-retention models | |||
| Zero-retention models | Yes: US or EU hosted | No: API only | No: Enterprise only |
| Free local AI, offline | |||
| Free local AI, offline | Yes | No | No |
| Your memory works with every model | |||
| Your memory works with every model | Yes | No: Inside ChatGPT | No: Inside Claude Code |
Layer 4: Reactive AI
Codex and Claude Code are built to write software. Brainoid Code puts the same kind of agent to work on your everyday tasks, with any model and everything you know.
| What you get | Brainoid IO | Codex | Claude Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| An agent that edits files and runs commands | |||
| An agent that edits files and runs commands | Yes (Optional module.) | Yes | Yes |
| Built for everyday work, not only code | |||
| Built for everyday work, not only code | Yes | In part: Built for coding | In part: Built for coding |
| Any model: frontier, zero-retention or local | |||
| Any model: frontier, zero-retention or local | Yes: Or your ChatGPT plan | In part: Local with setup | No: Claude only |
| Works from your library and memory | |||
| Works from your library and memory | Yes | No: Its own memory | No: Project notes only |
Layer 5: Autonomous AI
OpenClaw and Hermes Agent are yours to set up and run; Muse runs in Meta's cloud. Brainoid IO gives your agents their own computer on your Mac, ready in the app.
| What you get | Brainoid IO | OpenClaw | Hermes Agent | Muse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works without a prompt | ||||
| Works without a prompt | Yes (Works while your Mac is on.) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Its own computer on your Mac, set up for you | ||||
| Its own computer on your Mac, set up for you | Yes | No: You set it up | No: You set it up | No: In Meta's cloud |
| Works from your whole library and memory | ||||
| Works from your whole library and memory | Yes | No: Own notes only | No: Own memory only | In part: Chats, apps, Mac data |
| Any model, local included | ||||
| Any model, local included | Yes | Yes | Yes | No: Meta's model only |
| Built on open-source agents | ||||
| Built on open-source agents | Yes: OpenClaw or Hermes Agent | Yes | Yes | No: Meta's own |
Brainoid IO integrates all five layers in one app.
- 1 Optional module.
- 2 Works while your Mac is on.
- 3 Even with training switched off, chats you rate can still be used to train their models, and their privacy policies let them use de-identified usage data to improve their services, training included.
Local AI needs initial account and model setup. Availability details
How we compare · sources and qualifications
A tick means the product does what the row says; a half mark, only in part, on some plans or with plugins or setup; a cross, not as the row says. Brainoid IO's column describes the product; Brainoid Code is optional. Brainoid IO never uses your data to train AI models. Zero retention applies to Brainoid IO's designated open-model routes, which do not retain your content. Notion AI and its meeting notes need a Business or Enterprise plan; chosen pages work offline in Notion's desktop and mobile apps. Obsidian's iOS voice notes with transcription are in early access. ChatGPT trains on your chats unless you turn off "Improve the model for everyone"; Claude Code trains on personal accounts if you allow it. ChatGPT's zero retention is for the API, with approval; Claude Code's is for qualified Enterprise organisations, and its most capable models keep data for 30 days by default. Codex's command-line tool is open source and can run local models with technical setup. Muse is available in the US, runs on a Meta cloud computer, trains on your interactions unless you opt out, and keeps your conversations out of Meta's ad systems. OpenClaw and Hermes Agent are open source and self-hosted; Hermes Agent also has a desktop app. Reviewed 24 October 2026; features depend on version, plan and configuration.
- Brainoid product capabilities
- Brainoid processing choices
- Notion backlinks
- Notion AI meeting notes
- Notion AI chats
- Notion offline pages
- Notion AI search
- Obsidian local files
- Obsidian core plugins
- Obsidian audio recorder
- Obsidian iOS voice notes
- Obsidian AI chat importer plugin
- Obsidian CLI
- ChatGPT memory
- ChatGPT memory across apps
- ChatGPT data controls
- ChatGPT privacy policy
- ChatGPT models
- API zero retention
- Codex surfaces
- Codex source code
- Codex local models
- Claude Code surfaces
- Claude Code memory
- Claude Code data use
- Claude privacy policy
- Claude Code zero retention
- Claude Code models
- Claude Code licence
- Muse announcement
- Muse memory
- Muse training and ads
- Muse on your Mac
- OpenClaw overview
- OpenClaw hosting
- OpenClaw local models
- OpenClaw check-ins
- OpenClaw memory
- Hermes Agent source code
- Hermes Agent models
- Hermes Agent memory
- Hermes Agent scheduling
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Limited alpha 0.0.1 · Apple silicon, macOS 26 or later