cogshift

cogshift · local-first AI

Your AI, in the right gear.

Use the right AI for the job, as close to the user as it can be. Small local models when they’re enough, larger models when they’re needed, and organisational control when AI becomes infrastructure.

read · route · control
three products, one idea: from a 34 MB model inside your browser to model routing across an entire organisation.

Closed beta. Cogshift Personal isn’t public yet. Register for the trial and we’ll write when your wave opens. Want something today? Install Telltail: free, no signup, in the extension stores.

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one endpoint in → the right model out

private · personal · professional

Three gears. One idea.

Read, route, control is what each one does. Private, personal, professional is what it means to you. Pick the one that matters.

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  1. read · private · telltail

    Read anything. Know what you’re reading.

    100% private · free · no signup · no uploads

    AI detection that stays in your browser: the web, webmail, team chat, anything you read there. No uploads, no account, no limits, no ads.

    Get Telltail
  2. route · personal · cogshift personal

    Use the right AI for your work.

    one endpoint · local + cloud · automatic routing · closed beta

    Your editors, agents and chat tools point at one local endpoint, and Cogshift chooses the model that fits each request. Your endpoint and credentials stay local; Cogshift decides when work can stay local and when it needs the cloud.

    Join the personal trial
  3. control · professional · cogshift enterprise

    Control the AI. Understand the change.

    routes · providers · budgets · policy · adoption · behaviour · free closed trial

    Every AI request passes through one place: control where it goes and what it costs, and see how your organisation is actually adopting AI. Leadership sees patterns and trends, never prompts.

    Read about enterprise

the idea

Keep intelligence local where you can. Escalate only when the work needs it.

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local when it can be · escalated when it must be

use cogshift now

Choose where to start.

Install Telltail Join the Personal beta Explore Enterprise
What is Cogshift?

A family of local-first AI products that put the right intelligence in the right place: a 34 MB model in your browser, a router on your machine, a gateway for your organisation.

What can I use today?

Telltail, free, from the Firefox and Chrome stores.

What’s in beta?

Cogshift Personal is in closed beta; register on its page and we’ll write when your wave opens. Cogshift Enterprise is in a free closed trial for organisations; leave your details and we’ll be in touch.

get in touch

Say hello.

Cogshift is being built in the open. If you want to follow the build or tell us what you’d need, leave a note. To join a trial, use the Personal or Enterprise page.

There is no account to create and no list to join — this form only sends us a message. We read them, and we reply.