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Show HN: Impel – an always-on, prompt-free AI companion for your Mac

by chancemehmu on 7/30/23, 6:21 PM with 10 comments

  • by CharlesW on 7/31/23, 2:59 AM

    FYI to HN readers, all visitors can do is share their email to get on a waitlist for what seems like a hypothetical product.
  • by jondwillis on 7/31/23, 2:57 AM

    Is this real yet or is it a landing page trying to gauge interest? There aren’t any screenshots. What model(s) are used for local processing?
  • by turnsout on 7/31/23, 1:45 PM

    Is this a local model that’s going to destroy my battery life, or a cloud model that’s going to steal all my data? Kidding… sort of.
  • by hidelooktropic on 8/1/23, 7:50 PM

    "Private Stuff Stays Private impel is unable to scan for private windows, excluded apps, and sensitive information by default. It also relies on low level APIs to never capture confidential information."

    Who says what is/is not confidential information. Does your tool make that judgment or the user?

  • by ApolloRising on 7/31/23, 3:58 AM

    Have you made any progress on this or is this just a landing page test?
  • by mdrzn on 7/31/23, 2:00 PM

    It's not really a "Show HN" when it's only a landing page for a waiting list.
  • by holografix on 7/31/23, 4:26 AM

    Nice MVP website, very polished. Looking forward to the first demo video!
  • by alexcdot on 8/1/23, 8:49 PM

    Really like the product vision here, excited to try it out!
  • by euroderf on 7/31/23, 8:12 AM

    Coming soon after, the companion phone app Compel.
  • by deafpolygon on 7/31/23, 6:40 AM

    Bit too close to `Incel`.