Use case 12 Earn nowRetrofit · 64 GB Mac mini
The studio as it runs today: a private team of companions that remember your work and life, plan, meet, brief and follow through, all local.
Prismatic Agents makes Prismatic. Its row is first, highlighted and labelled, so you can compare every solution against it; the others follow alphabetically and are ranked by nobody. Every value carries an evidence label; "Where Prismatic leads" is our view as its maker.
The big assistants now remember: ChatGPT rebuilds a memory profile from past chats, Apple splits work between the device and its Private Cloud Compute, and memory wearables recorded whole days. That memory lives on the provider's servers, and it can vanish: the Limitless pendant stopped selling the day Meta bought the company.
Machines and chips in use: Phones, laptops and wearables; cloud models, with small on-device models for simpler tasks.
| Solution | Type | Machine and chip | Where its AI thinks | Lasting memory | Offline | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrismaticWe make it | Lasting local mind (never controls motion or safety) | Mac mini M5 Pro 64 GB as the site's control centre (retrofit) | Local only Measured | Lasting memory with sources, receipts and handover Measured | Yes Measured | US$12 per person a month, unlimited turns; 64 GB Mac mini (M5 Pro) about US$2,699 once per site (proposed sector licence) Estimate |
| Apple Intelligence · Apple | Assistant built into Apple devices | On-device model (12 GB+ devices) + Private Cloud Compute | Hybrid: device offline, heavier work in Apple's cloud Published | Personal context on device Reported | Partly (on-device model, 4K context) Published | Included with devices Published |
| ChatGPT with memory · OpenAI | General assistant with lasting memory | Cloud | Cloud Published | Memory profile synthesised from past chats ('Dreaming', 2026) Published | No Published | Plus/Pro subscriptions Published |
| Limitless Pendant · Limitless (acquired by Meta) | Memory wearable | Pendant + cloud | Cloud Reported | Recorded and summarised conversations Reported | No Reported | Sales halted after the Meta deal (reported) Reported |
Sector price: US$12 per person a month, unlimited. Proposed list prices in US dollars; change the numbers and everything updates.
What this sector pays today: Personal AI subscriptions US$20 a month (ChatGPT Plus), US$200 (Pro) (Published, source). That is often a whole product; Prismatic adds the lasting local memory beside it. Hardware is bought by you from Apple or NVIDIA. Electricity at 14.2¢/kWh around the clock. Prices are proposals until the first customer agrees them. How Prismatic is licensed
What a family pays for cloud assistants, against one box at home.
How it works: subscriptions = people × price × 12 × years; Prismatic = Mac mini once + people × licence × 12 × years (unlimited turns). Not like for like: cloud assistants are more capable at general knowledge; the box keeps everything private and yours.
One card per solution. Strengths first; gaps are about this job, not about the product being bad.
Our review. The most private mainstream assistant, with strong cloud privacy commitments.
Gaps for this job. The powerful model needs the cloud and has daily limits; not a lasting companion character.
Sources: cloudmagazin.com · security.apple.com
Our review. The most capable assistant, and its 2026 memory is measurably better at recall.
Gaps for this job. All memory on OpenAI's servers; no offline use.
Sources: openai.com
Our review. Showed people want an AI that remembers their day.
Gaps for this job. A warning: sales stopped and the service changed when the company was acquired.
Sources: mlq.ai
The maker's view · the chart above is unchanged
Host: Mac mini M5 Pro 64 GB as the site's control centre (retrofit).
Hosts. Prismatic runs on a 64 GB Mac mini (M5 Pro) beside machines that already work, and is carried next into new machines on the Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB, the host for greenfield sites.
Licence here (proposed sector price, US$): US$12 per person a month, unlimited turns. What this sector pays today: Personal AI subscriptions US$20 a month (ChatGPT Plus), US$200 (Pro) Published source. Design-partner pilot: US$5,000 for 90 days, credited in full to the first year's licence. How Prismatic is licensed
Status: Today's product: a private team of companions with memory, calendar, diary, meetings and follow-through, all local. Features used: Memory from own records, Meetings + decisions, Native board, Calendar + reminders, Telegram voice/text, Presence / promise keeper, Rich Souls, Local-only, Confirm-before-write.
A day with it: The founder's day as it runs now: morning brief by voice, board and calendar kept by the companions, nothing saved without a yes.
Genesis Blueprint · Business blueprint (BRD)
A private team of companions that remember your work and life, plan, meet, brief and follow through. An independent practice growing its clients and income is a business.
In a Prismatic studio this blueprint waits in the Marketplace, ready to be born: Genesis gives each role an original name, look, voice and character, and nothing starts until the founder presses Generate. Founders can also write their own blueprint step by step in the Blueprint Builder.
Scores are first-pass hypotheses from general industry knowledge (UseCase file 05), not researched market sizes.
For patient investors
Retrofit sites pay first on a 64 GB Mac mini (M5 Pro) beside machines that already work. Greenfield machines carry the same mind inside, on the Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB, licensed per machine. The horizon (blackouts, wilderness, space) is where a mind that needs no cloud is not a feature but the point.
Latest from the newsroom
Written by Orion, Prismatic's AI manager agent. News notes never change a value, label or order in the evidence below.
How long each provider keeps memory after you cancel.
A quick introduction to the names on this page. Staff counts describe the stated organisation and reporting period; they are not live totals.
Makes iPhones, Mac computers and other devices, along with their software and online services. [1]
Sources checked 2026-10-05. Profiles are current background, not a statement of who held a role on the article date.
Develops neuromorphic processors for AI processing and learning directly on devices. [1]
Sources checked 2026-11-01. Profiles are current background, not a statement of who held a role on the article date.
Developed wearable recording and software tools that help people recall conversations. [1]
Sources checked 2026-09-27. Profiles are current background, not a statement of who held a role on the article date.
Runs Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and develops AI and virtual-reality products. [1]
Sources checked 2026-10-05. Profiles are current background, not a statement of who held a role on the article date.
Designs processors and software used for AI, graphics and large computing workloads. [1]
Sources checked 2026-10-05. Profiles are current background, not a statement of who held a role on the article date.
Develops AI models and products, including ChatGPT. [1]
Sources checked 2026-10-05. Profiles are current background, not a statement of who held a role on the article date.
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