TaqaBuddy runs a language model entirely on the device in your hand. Nothing is sent anywhere, because there is nowhere to send it — no cloud, no subscription, no account, no data collection.
Figures from our own bench, on prototype hardware, with no network connection. We publish them whether or not they flatter us.
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| On-device generationsmall model, quantised, 4 cores | 14 tok/s |
| Speech recognitionon-device, no network | 2× realtime |
| Sustained loadcontinuous inference, no throttling observed | 71 °C |
| Data transmitted off deviceby construction, not by policy | 0 bytes |
| Subscription requirednow or ever | None |
Measured August 2026. Generation and transcription measured separately. Prototype figures change as the design changes; we will keep publishing them either way.
It is the right question, and two well-funded AI gadgets died recently for not having an answer. Ours is narrow, which we think is the only kind that survives contact with reality.
It works where a phone doesn't. Underground, on a plane, in the field, out of coverage. Not degraded — the same, because it never needed a connection in the first place.
Nothing leaves the device. Not "encrypted in transit," not "we don't train on it." There is no server. There is nowhere for it to go.
It can sense what is around it. A standard expansion header and a camera connector mean it takes sensor modules — and the assistant can decide on its own to use one and answer from what it actually measured. A sealed phone will not do that, and will never let you add to it.
Our commitment: every demo we publish will be one continuous take with the latency visible on screen. If it is slow, you will watch it be slow.
The working record — how it works, the open device-definition format, and every benchmark with its conditions — is in the documentation.
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