Sigil Wen has launched Underdog, an on-device AI assistant positioned as a fully private, free competitor to Anthropic's Claude (Instinct/Muse). Backed by prominent Silicon Valley investors, the assistant runs locally on-device to ensure user data never leaves the user's hardware.
Background
The on-device AI assistant market has seen rapid growth, with major players like Apple and Google pushing local processing for privacy. Anthropic's Claude remains a leading cloud-based AI assistant, creating room for privacy-focused competitors.
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Published
- Oct 7, 2026 at 04:47 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10